PBoC Pulls Liquidity, MoF to Renew CNY 750 Billion Special Bonds

2025-12-11 02:19 By Farida Husna 1 min. read

The People's Bank of China conducted a CNY 118.6 billion seven-day reverse repo operation on Thursday, December 11, keeping the interest rate unchanged at 1.4%.

With CNY 180.8 billion in reverse repos maturing the same day, the operation resulted in a net liquidity withdrawal of CNY 62.2 billion.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Finance announced it will roll over CNY 750 billion in special treasury bonds maturing on Friday.

An equivalent amount will be issued to designated banks on the interbank market, comprising CNY 400 billion in 10-year bonds and CNY 350 billion in 15-year bonds.

The proceeds will be used solely to repay the maturing principal.

The ministry stressed that the rollover is a like-for-like replacement and will not expand the fiscal deficit.



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