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Central bank drains liquidity from market

The People's Bank of China, the central bank, continued to drain liquidity from the financial system on Thursday, with more reverse repos maturing than conducted. The PBOC conducted 40 billion yuan ($5.8 billion) of seven-day reverse repos at an interest rate of 2.55 percent and 20 billion yuan of 14-day reverse repos at 2.7 percent, according to a statement. The interest rates were unchanged from previous operations.

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