The People’s Bank of China’s decision to halt bond buying is exacerbating the rise in short-end rates and flattening the yield curve, spurring bets the central bank may resume government debt purchases.

China's central bank conducted a medium-term loan operation on Friday and left the interest rate unchanged. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) lent 200 billion yuan ($27.46 billion) worth of one-year medium-term lending facility (MLF) loans to some financial institutions at 2.

China’s central bank kept a key policy rate steady while injecting liquidity into the financial market, signaling that it may hold benchmark rates unchanged for longer.

Zou Lan, head of the monetary policy department at the People's Bank of China (PBOC), will be promoted to deputy governor of the central bank, two sources with knowledge of the matter said. The appointment will be announced as soon as this week,

People's Bank of China Governor Pan Gongsheng met his Bank of England counterpart, Andrew Bailey, on Saturday in Beijing and discussed topics including financial stability and cooperation, China's central bank said on Sunday.

China stepped up its policy measures on Monday to defend a weakening yuan by relaxing rules to allow more offshore borrowing and sending verbal warnings as the Chinese currency hovered around 16-month lows against a strong dollar.

Investments from the National Social Security Fund, mutual funds and other sources will be increased to boost the stock market, regulators say.

China's central bank and top securities regulator have vowed to ramp up supportive policy tools to shore up the country's capital market. The remarks were made at a recent seminar on stock buyback and repurchase loaning program,

Asian equities were mixed overnight as Hong Kong, Mainland China, Thailand, and South Korea all underperformed while Taiwan was closed.

The LBMA Gold Price AM in USD fell in December while the Shanghai Gold Benchmark Price PM in RMB rose, supported by a weakening local currency. Read more here.

An outpouring of Chinese government bond issuance and early signs of improvement in the housing market helped stir up appetite for financing in December, drawing to a close a year when new loans declined for the first time since 2011.

firming expectations of more monetary easing as it walks a fine line between conflicting policy targets complicated by a possible trade war with the U.S. Officials at the People’s Bank of China ...