PBOC widens deposit base for China banks
Beijing
THE People's Bank of China (PBOC) will change rules governing how loan-to-deposit ratios are calculated at banks starting from next year, according to a copy of a central bank document seen by Reuters, in a move that will boost liquidity conditions.
The PBOC will include savings held by banks for non-deposit-taking financial institutions in banks' deposits, which will expand the base for calculating loan-to-deposit ratios, the document said. Sources with knowledge of the situation had told Reuters last week that the PBOC was weighing such a rule change.
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