2006年8月金融形势评述

Review of financial performance in August 2006

为加强和发送宏观调控，8月份央行第二次提高存贷款基准利率，当月金融运行平稳，主要特点是：广义货币M2增速放缓，狭义货币M1增速继续加快，居民储蓄存款增速持续减缓的状况有所改善，企业和居民货币流动性提高；人民币贷款增速得到一定控制；银行间市场人民币交易活跃，货币市场利率上升。

To strengthen and improve macro-control, in August, the PBC raised benchmark interest rates on RMB deposits and loans for the second time this year This month, China＇s financial performance fared smoothly with the following notable features： the growth of broad money （M2） slowed down; the growth of narrow money （M1） continued to pick up; the growth of household savings deposits ceased decelerating and came to level off; corporate and household money liquidity got improved; the growth of RMB loans was checked; Interbank market witnessed active RMB transactions with rising money market rates,