MNI BRIEF: PBOC Plans More Tools To Boost Economy
A briefing to reporters.
The People’s Bank of China is mulling new supportive measures to stabilise credit and lower financing cost for key sectors that have been hit by Covid-19 outbreaks, Chen Yulu, vice-governor of the central bank told reporters Thursday.
The PBOC will give more prominence to keeping "growth stability ” and enhancing cross-cyclical adjustment, Chen said, pointing to efforts the central bank has made, including keeping liquidity ample via cuts in the reserve requirement ratio, guiding loan rates down and introducing a series of targeted tools, see: MNI: China Inflation Surge Limits Policy Space.
The central bank will continue to optimise green financing system to push carbon emission reduction and a policy bottom line of preventing any systemic financial risk, he said.