The Central Bank released the Report on Financial Statistics for the First Three Quarters of 2017.

　　Cctv newsAccording to the website of the People’s Bank of China, at the end of September, the balance of broad money (M2) was 165.57 trillion yuan, up 9.2% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 0.3 percentage points higher than the end of last month and 2.3 percentage points lower than the same period of last year. The balance of narrow money (M1) was 51.79 trillion yuan, up 14% year-on-year, and the growth rate was the same as the end of last month, 10.7 percentage points lower than the same period of last year. The balance of money in circulation (M0) was 6.97 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.2%. In the first three quarters, the net cash input was 144.5 billion yuan.

　　In the first three quarters, RMB loans increased by 11.16 trillion yuan and foreign currency loans increased by 30.5 billion US dollars.

　　At the end of September, the balance of local and foreign currency loans was 123.18 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.5%. At the end of the month, the balance of RMB loans was 117.76 trillion yuan, up 13.1% year-on-year. The growth rate was 0.1 percentage point lower than that at the end of last month and 0.1 percentage point higher than that at the same period of last year.

　　In the first three quarters, RMB loans increased by 11.16 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 998 billion yuan. In terms of sectors, loans to households increased by 5.73 trillion yuan, of which short-term loans increased by 1.53 trillion yuan and medium-and long-term loans increased by 4.2 trillion yuan; Loans from non-financial enterprises and government organizations increased by 5.73 trillion yuan, of which short-term loans increased by 1.72 trillion yuan, medium-and long-term loans increased by 5.51 trillion yuan, and bill financing decreased by 1.72 trillion yuan; Loans from non-banking financial institutions decreased by 296.3 billion yuan. In September, RMB loans increased by 1.27 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 56.6 billion yuan.

　　At the end of September, the balance of foreign currency loans was US$ 816.3 billion, a year-on-year increase of 1.5%. In the first three quarters, foreign currency loans increased by $30.5 billion, an increase of $56.4 billion year-on-year. In September, foreign currency loans decreased by $16.4 billion, a year-on-year decrease of $11.2 billion.

　　In the first three quarters, RMB deposits increased by 11.68 trillion yuan and foreign currency deposits increased by 61.5 billion US dollars.

　　At the end of September, the balance of local and foreign currency deposits was 167.42 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.5%. At the end of the month, the balance of RMB deposits was 162.28 trillion yuan, up 9.3% year-on-year. The growth rate was 0.3 percentage points higher than the end of last month and 1.8 percentage points lower than the same period of last year.

　　In the first three quarters, RMB deposits increased by 11.68 trillion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 1.13 trillion yuan. Among them, household deposits increased by 4.48 trillion yuan, non-financial enterprises increased by 2.03 trillion yuan, fiscal deposits increased by 789.2 billion yuan, and non-banking financial institutions increased by 1.24 trillion yuan. In September, RMB deposits increased by 433.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 433.8 billion yuan.

　　At the end of September, the balance of foreign currency deposits was US$ 774.5 billion, a year-on-year increase of 16.4%. In the first three quarters, foreign currency deposits increased by $61.5 billion, an increase of $23.7 billion year-on-year. In September, foreign currency deposits decreased by $13.1 billion, a year-on-year decrease of $30.7 billion.

　　In September, the monthly weighted average interest rate of interbank lending in RMB market was 2.92%, and the monthly weighted average interest rate of pledged bond repurchase was 3.07%.

　　In the first three quarters, the inter-bank RMB market traded a total of 580.12 trillion yuan by means of borrowing, cash coupons and repurchase, with an average daily turnover of 3.07 trillion yuan, which decreased by 8.5% compared with the same period of last year. Among them, the average daily turnover of interbank lending decreased by 22.9% year-on-year, the average daily turnover of cash bonds decreased by 21.6% year-on-year, and the average daily turnover of pledged repo decreased by 2.2% year-on-year.

　　The weighted average interest rate of interbank lending in September was 2.92%, which was 0.05 percentage points lower than last month and 0.67 percentage points higher than the same period of last year. The weighted average interest rate of pledged repo was 3.07%, 0.02 percentage points lower than last month and 0.79 percentage points higher than the same period of last year.

　　The balance of China’s foreign exchange reserves is 3.11 trillion US dollars.

　　At the end of September, the balance of China’s foreign exchange reserves was $3.11 trillion. At the end of September, the RMB exchange rate was 6.6369 yuan to 1 US dollar.

　　In the first three quarters, RMB settlement of cross-border trade amounted to 3.23 trillion yuan, and RMB settlement of direct investment amounted to 962.3 billion yuan.

　　In the first three quarters of 2017, cross-border trade in goods, trade in services and other current accounts, foreign direct investment and foreign direct investment settled in RMB amounted to 2.41 trillion yuan, 823 billion yuan, 246.9 billion yuan and 715.4 billion yuan respectively.

　　Note 1: Current data are preliminary.

　　Note 2: Since October 2011, the money supply has included deposits from the housing provident fund center and deposits from non-deposit financial institutions in deposit financial institutions.

　　Note 3: Since August 2014, entrepot trade has been adjusted to goods trade for statistics, and the amount of goods trade has expanded, while the amount of service trade has decreased accordingly.

　　Note 4: Since 2015, RMB, foreign currency and local and foreign currency deposits include deposits from non-banking financial institutions, while RMB, foreign currency and local and foreign currency loans include loans to non-banking financial institutions.