央行十箭齐发：全面降准降息，五项工具支持科创、消费、普惠

Monetary Policy Overview - The People's Bank of China (PBOC) announced a comprehensive package of monetary policies aimed at stabilizing the market and expectations, including a 0.5% reduction in the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) and targeted RRR cuts for auto finance and financial leasing companies [2][3] - The total monetary policy measures include five items, with two being quantity-based policies and three being price-based policies [4][2] Quantity-Based Policies - A comprehensive RRR cut of 0.5% is expected to provide approximately 1 trillion yuan in long-term liquidity to the market, reducing the average RRR from 6.6% to 6.2% [5][6] - Targeted RRR cuts will reduce the RRR for auto finance and financial leasing companies from 5% to 0%, enhancing their credit supply capabilities [6][7] Price-Based Policies - The policy interest rate will be lowered by 0.1%, bringing the 7-day reverse repurchase rate down from 1.5% to 1.4%, which is expected to lead to a similar decrease in the Loan Prime Rate (LPR) [8][9] - Structural monetary policy tool rates will be reduced by 0.25%, including a drop in the rates for various special structural tools and the pledged supplementary loan (PSL) rate [9][10] - The personal housing provident fund loan rate will be reduced by 0.25%, with the five-year rate for first-time homebuyers decreasing from 2.85% to 2.6%, potentially saving residents over 20 billion yuan in interest payments annually [11] Structural Monetary Policy Tools - Five structural monetary policy tools were introduced to support technology innovation, consumption, and inclusive finance [12] - The re-lending quota for technology innovation and technical transformation will increase from 500 billion yuan to 800 billion yuan, while the quota for agricultural and small business support will rise by 300 billion yuan to 3 trillion yuan [13] - A new 500 billion yuan "service consumption and elderly care re-lending" tool will be established to enhance credit support for service consumption and the elderly care industry [13] - The existing tools for capital market support will be merged into a total of 800 billion yuan to improve flexibility and meet market demands [14] Technology Innovation Support - A new risk-sharing tool for technology innovation bonds will be created, allowing the PBOC to provide low-cost re-lending funds to purchase these bonds, thereby supporting technology enterprises and private equity investment [16][17] - The PBOC aims to broaden financing channels for technology firms and stimulate market confidence through these specific policy arrangements [17]