OREANDA-NEWS. March 04, 2013.

1. Broad money and narrow money rose by 15.9 percent and 15.3 percent respectively
At end-January, broad money (M2) stood at 99.21 trillion yuan, increasing by 15.9 percent year-on-year,up 2.1 percentage points from the end of last year and 3.5 percentage points from the same period last year. Narrow money (M1) registered 31.13 trillion yuan, rising by 15.3 percent year-on-year, up 8.8 percentage points from the end of last year and 12.1 percentage points from the same period last year. Currency in circulation (M0) posted 6.25 trillion yuan, increasing by 4.4 percent year-on-year. January saw a net money input of 779 billion yuan.

2. RMB loans and foreign currency loans increased by 1.07 trillion yuan and USD28.5 billion respectively in January
At end-January, outstanding RMB and foreign currency loans totaled 68.55 trillion yuan, up 16.4 percent year-on-year. Outstanding RMB loans grew by 15.4 percent year-on-year to 64.08 trillion yuan, accelerating from that at the end of last year and in the same period last year both by 0.4 percentage points. RMB loans registered an increase of 1.07 trillion yuan in January, up 334 billion yuan year-on-year. By sector, household loans rose by 471.4 billion yuan, with short-term loans and medium and long-term (MLT) loans increasing by 203.1 billion and 268.3 billion yuan respectively; loans to non-financial enterprises and other sectors rose by 598.6 billion yuan, with short-term loans and MLT loans increasing by 293.5 billion and 309.8 billion yuan respectively and bill financing declining by 33.5 billion yuan. At end-January, outstanding foreign currency loans registered USD 712 billion, up 32.8 percent year-on-year. Foreign currency loans increased by USD 28.5 billion in January.

3. RMB deposits and foreign currency deposits rose by 1.11 trillion yuan and US\\$100 million in January
At end-January, the outstanding amount of RMB and foreign currency deposits registered 95.51 trillion yuan, up 16.5 percent year-on-year. RMB deposits recorded an outstanding amount of 92.93 trillion yuan, rising by 16.0 percent year-on-year, up 2.6 percentage points from the end of last year and 3.6 percentage points from the same period last year. RMB deposits rose by 1.11 trillion yuan in January, up 1.90 trillion yuan year-on-year. Specifically, household deposits, deposits of non-financial enterprises and fiscal deposits increased by 749.9 billion, 117.9 billion and 335.3 billion yuan respectively. At end-January, the outstanding amount of foreign currency deposits was USD 410.3 billion, up 41.6 percent year-on-year. Foreign currency deposits rose by USD 100 million in January.

4. The monthly weighted average interbank lending rate for January stood at 2.27 percent and the monthly weighted average interest rate on bond pledged repo posted 2.25 percent
In January, RMB lending, spot trading and bond repo transactions in the interbank market totaled 25.72 trillion yuan. The average daily turnover posted 1.17 trillion yuan, up 63.4 percent year-on-year.

The monthly weighted average interbank RMB lending rate for January stood at 2.27 percent, down 0.34 percentage points from the previous month and 2.10 percentage points from the same period last year. The monthly weighted average interest rate on bond pledged repo registered 2.25 percent, down 0.37 percentage points from the previous month and 2.43 percentage points from the same period last year.

5. RMB cross-border trade settlement and RMB settlement of direct investment reached 314 billion and 29.2 billion yuan respectively in January
In January 2013, RMB settlement in cross-border trade in goods, cross-border trade in services and other current accounts, outbound FDI and inbound FDI amounted to 225.7 billion, 88.3 billion, 1.1 billion and 28.1 billion yuan respectively.

Notes:
1. Data for the current period are preliminary figures.
2. As of October 2011, monetary aggregates have included deposits of housing provident fund centers and non-depository financial institutions’ deposits with depository financial institutions.