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Central bank injects more liquidity into market


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Policymakers will need to offer more stimulus to ensure the economy is on course to hit this year's growth target of around 5.5%, analysts say. Photo: Reuters.

(ATF) China’s central bank pumped more cash into the financial system through open market operations on Monday.

A total of 200 billion yuan ($28bn) was injected into the market via medium-term lending facility (MLF), according to the People’s Bank of China, the central bank.

The funds will mature in one year at an interest rate of 2.95%.

The MLF tool was introduced in 2014 to help commercial and policy banks maintain liquidity by allowing them to borrow from the central bank using securities as collateral.

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