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Chinese Central Bank injects 125 billion yuan into the financial market
[15/05/2023 09:16]
BEIJING-SABA
The People's Bank of China (the central bank) on Monday injected funds into the financial market with a total amount of 125 billion yuan (17.93 billion US dollars) through medium-term lending facilities (MLF) and reverse repo operations.
According to the Chinese news agency (Xinhua) "the central bank also conducted seven-day reverse repos worth 2 billion yuan at an interest rate of 2 percent".
The reverse repo operations known as a "reverse repo" are operations in which the central bank purchase securities from commercial banks through bidding, with an agreement to sell them back to them in the future.