China’s Central Bank purchases securities to stabilise liquidity

Fri, Sep 30, 2022
By editor
1 MIN READ

Foreign

CHINA’S Central Bank on Friday conducted a total of 186 billion Yuan (about 26.2 billion dollars) of reverse repos to maintain liquidity in the banking system.

A reverse repo is a process in which the central bank purchases securities from commercial banks through bidding, with an agreement to resell them in the future.

The People’s Bank of China, said that the amount included 128 billion Yuan of seven-day reverse repos at an interest rate of two per cent.

It further said that the amount also included 58 billion Yuan of 14-day reverse repos at an interest rate of 2.15 per cent.

According to the central bank, the move aims at stabilising liquidity in the banking system at the end of the quarter. (Xinhua/NAN)

A.I

Tags:


IMF Reaches Staff-Level Agreement on the Third Review under Sri Lanka’s Extended Fund Facility Arrangement

AN International Monetary Fund, IMF, team led by Peter Breuer, Senior Mission Chief for Sri Lanka, visited Colombo from November...

Read More
Kenya investigating how Uganda opposition figure was ‘abducted’

KENYA’S government has said it was investigating how a prominent Ugandan opposition leader was spirited out of Nairobi this week,...

Read More
Tributes flow in for British ex-deputy prime minister Prescott

FORMER British deputy prime minister John Prescott has been remembered in the House of Commons as a “titan” of British...

Read More