OREANDA-NEWS. March 20, 2014. 1. Broad money and narrow money rose by 13.3 percent and 6.9 percent respectively
At end-February, broad money (M2) stood at 113.18 trillion yuan, increasing by 13.3 percent year-on-year,up 0.1 percentage points from a month earlier but down 1.9 percentage points from the same period last year. Narrow money (M1) registered 31.66 trillion yuan, rising by 6.9 percent year-on-year, up 5.7 percentage points from a month earlier but down 2.6 percentage points from the same period last year. Currency in circulation (M0) posted 6.23 trillion yuan, increasing by 3.3 percent year-on-year. A net money withdrawal of 1.42 trillion yuan was recorded for the month.

2. RMB loans and foreign currency loans increased by 644.5 billion yuan and US\\$21.3 billion respectively

At end-February, outstanding RMB and foreign currency loans registered 78.90 trillion yuan, up 13.9 percent year-on-year. Outstanding RMB loans grew by 14.2 percent year-on-year to 73.86 trillion yuan, down 0.1 percentage points from a month earlier and 0.8 percentage points from the same period last year. RMB loans registered an increase of 644.5 billion yuan in February, 24.5 billion yuan more than the growth in the same period last year. By sector, household loans rose by 49.2 billion yuan, with short-term loans decreasing by 74.6 billion yuan and medium and long-term (MLT) loans increasing by 123.8 billion yuan; loans to non-financial enterprises and other sectors rose by 594.6 billion yuan, with short-term loans and MLT loans increasing by 316.3 billion and 290.5 billion yuan respectively and bill financing decreasing by 33.6 billion yuan. At end-February, outstanding foreign currency loans registered USD 824.2 billion, up 12.9 percent year-on-year. In February, foreign currency loans rose by USD 21.3 billion.

3. RMB deposits and foreign currency deposits grew by 1.99 trillion yuan and US\\$9.7 billion respectively

At end-February, the outstanding amount of RMB and foreign currency deposits posted 108.45 trillion yuan, up 12.6 percent year-on-year. RMB deposits recorded an outstanding amount of 105.44 trillion yuan, rising by 12.5 percent year-on-year, up 1.2 percentage points from a month earlier but down 2.1 percentage points from the same period last year. RMB deposits expanded by 1.99 trillion yuan in February, 1.22 trillion yuan more than the growth recorded for the same period last year. Specifically, household deposits, deposits of non-financial enterprises and fiscal deposits rose by 89.1 billion, 973.6 billion and 422.2 billion yuan respectively. At end-February, the outstanding amount of foreign currency deposits was USD 493 billion, up 18.0 percent year-on-year. Foreign currency deposits increased by USD 9.7 billion in February.

4. The monthly weighted average interbank lending rate stood at 3.01 percent and the monthly weighted average interest rate on bond pledged repo posted 2.99 percent

In February, lending, spot trading and bond repo transactions in the interbank RMB market totaled 13.93 trillion yuan. The average daily turnover posted 819.6 billion yuan, down 23.3 percent year-on-year.

The monthly weighted average interbank lending rate for February stood at 3.01 percent, down 0.85 percentage points from the previous month but up 0.24 percentage points from the same period a year earlier. The monthly weighted average interest rate on bond pledged repo registered 2.99 percent, down 0.99 percentage points from the previous month but up 0.10 percentage points from the same period a year earlier.

5. RMB cross-border trade settlement and RMB settlement of direct investment reached 437.8 billion and 44.2 billion yuan respectively

In February, RMB settlement in cross-border trade in goods, cross-border trade in services and other current accounts, outward FDI and inward FDI amounted to 293.8 billion, 144 billion, 4.3 billion and 39.9 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.