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MNI: PBOC Skips Open Market Operation; Drains CNY90 Billion

     BEIJING (MNI) - The PBOC skipped OMO on Friday, stating that the increasing
fiscal expenditure towards month-end can absorb the impact of maturing reverse
repos, and to keep liquidity condition at a "reasonable and stable" level.
- This resulted in a net drain of CNY90 billion after maturity of same amount of
reverse repos;
- PBOC drained total CNY320 billion this week 
- CFETS-ICAP's money-market sentiment index closed at 36 on Thursday, unchanged
from Wednesday. 
- Benchmark 7-day deposit repo average fell to 2.6578% on Friday from 2.7603% on
Thursday: Wind Information. 
--MNI Beijing Bureau; +86 10 85325998; email: he.wei@marketnews.com
--MNI Beijing Bureau; +86 10 8532 5998; email: william.bi@mni-news.com
[TOPICS: M$A$$$,M$Q$$$,MGQ$$$,MN$MM$]

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