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China to maintain appropriately loose monetary policy

By Thomson Reuters Mar 31, 2026 | 4:42 AM

BEIJING, March 31 (Reuters) – China’s central bank pledged on ​Tuesday to ‌maintain appropriately loose monetary policy, while noting growing impacts from ‌changes ​in ⁠the external environment.

China’s ⁠economy is broadly stable but still faces challenges such ​as strong supply, weak demand ⁠and external ⁠shocks, the ​People’s Bank of China ​said in the readout ‌of its first-quarter monetary policy committee meeting.

The ⁠central bank reiterated pledges for keeping liquidity ample, ⁠guiding ‌a recovery ⁠in prices and ​keeping ‌the yuan exchange ​rate “basically ⁠stable at reasonable and balanced levels.”

(Reporting by Beijing Newsroom; Editing by Bernadette ​Baum)