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May bond issuances reach 4.4 trillion yuan

Bond issuances in China totaled 4.4 trillion yuan ($679.6 billion) in May, data from the central bank showed. Treasury bond issuances amounted to 375.76 billion yuan, while local government bond issuances stood at 875.34 billion yuan, according to the People's Bank of China. In May, issuances of financial bonds came in at 610.59 billion yuan, while corporate credit bond issuances totaled 578.04 billion yuan.

Currency loans up in Yangtze River Delta

The outstanding amount of domestic and foreign currency loans in the Yangtze River Delta region stood at 47.06 trillion yuan ($7.27 trillion) at the end of May, up 14.2 percent year-on-year, official data showed. The balance of RMB loans was 45.91 trillion yuan by the end of May, up 14.5 percent year-on-year.

Xinhua - China Daily