A woman stands on a street as security guards march behind her outside the Bank of China headquarters in the financial district of Beijing in this August 19, 2009 file photo. China's central bank cut the amount of cash that banks must hold as reserves on Wednesday, the first industry-wide cut in more than 2-1/2 years, as it increased efforts to shore up flagging growth in the world's second-largest economy. (Photo by David Gray/Reuters)
