China's central bank conducts $163.92 million via reverse repos

BEIJING, 2nd August, 2024 (WAM) -- China's central bank conducted 1.17 billion yuan (about US$163.92 million) of seven-day reverse repos at an interest rate of 1.7 percent Friday.

Xinhua News Agency quoted a statement from the People's Bank of China as saying that the move aims to keep liquidity reasonable and ample in the banking system at the end of this month, the central bank said.

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