China's new bank loans rise in June, above forecasts
Analysts polled by Reuters had expected June new yuan loans would reach 1.8 trillion yuan, compared with 620 billion yuan in May and 2.13 trillion yuan a year earlier.
The People's Bank of China does not release monthly breakdowns. Reuters calculated the June figure using the central bank's January-June data, compared with the January-May figure.
($1 = 7.1692 Chinese yuan)
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