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Central bank conducts reverse repos
China's central bank conducted 107.8 billion yuan ($14.77 billion) of seven-day reverse repos at an interest rate of 1.5 percent on Friday. The move aims to keep liquidity in the banking system at an adequate level, the People's Bank of China said. A reverse repo is a process in which the central bank purchases securities from commercial banks through bidding, with an agreement to sell them back in the future.
Renminbi strengthens against greenback
The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, strengthened 4 pips to 7.1893 against the US dollar on Friday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System. In China's spot foreign exchange market, the yuan is allowed to rise or fall by 2 percent from the central parity rate each trading day.
Xinhua - China Daily
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