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央行首降结构性工具利率、增设新工具 权威专家:将挖掘新动能
Bei Ke Cai Jing·2025-05-07 04:10

Core Viewpoint - The People's Bank of China (PBOC) has announced a series of macro monetary policy measures aimed at addressing structural economic issues and stimulating domestic demand through targeted financial support [1][2][3]. Group 1: Interest Rate Adjustments - The PBOC has lowered the structural monetary policy interest rate by 0.25 percentage points, reducing it from 1.75% to 1.5% for various special structural policies and from 2.25% to 2% for mortgage supplementary loans [2][3]. - This marks the first comprehensive reduction of structural monetary policy tool rates by the PBOC, which includes long-term tools like agricultural and small business re-loans as well as short-term tools for carbon reduction and housing support [3][4]. Group 2: New Policy Tools - A new re-loan tool of 500 billion yuan has been established to support service consumption and elderly care, aimed at encouraging banks to increase credit support in these sectors [5][6]. - This new tool is an expansion and upgrade of the previous inclusive elderly care re-loan policy, which initially had a quota of 40 billion yuan and was piloted before being rolled out nationwide [8][9]. Group 3: Increased Quotas for Existing Tools - The quotas for two existing structural monetary policy tools have been increased by 300 billion yuan each: the quota for technology innovation and technical transformation re-loans has risen from 500 billion yuan to 800 billion yuan [10][11]. - The increase in quotas for agricultural and small business re-loans is expected to enhance support for inclusive finance, particularly for rural, small, and private enterprises [14]. Group 4: Optimization of Existing Tools - The PBOC has merged the quotas of two tools—stock repurchase and securities, fund, and insurance company swap convenience—totaling 800 billion yuan to improve usability and flexibility for different types of institutions [15][16]. - As of now, the swap convenience has conducted two operations totaling 105 billion yuan, and over 500 listed companies have announced the use of loans for stock repurchases, amounting to nearly 300 billion yuan [17].