周末要闻回顾：央行称实施好适度宽松的货币政策

Monetary Policy - The central bank emphasizes the implementation of a moderately loose monetary policy to maintain ample liquidity and align social financing scale and money supply growth with economic growth and price level expectations [1][2] - The central bank aims to promote a reasonable recovery of prices and enhance the transmission mechanism of monetary policy, focusing on supporting technology finance, green finance, and consumption [1][2] - The central bank plans to explore a normalized institutional arrangement to maintain capital market stability and support various structural monetary policy tools [2][9] Economic Indicators - In April 2025, the national consumer price index (CPI) decreased by 0.1% year-on-year, with urban prices stable and rural prices down by 0.3% [2] - The average CPI from January to April 2025 also showed a decline of 0.1% compared to the same period last year [2] Financial Sector Developments - The People's Bank of China has set up a service consumption and elderly care re-loan program with a quota of 500 billion yuan to boost service consumption and support the elderly care industry [5] - The central bank is monitoring changes in government bond yields and may resume purchasing government bonds based on market supply and demand conditions [4] Industry Trends - The retail sales of new energy passenger vehicles reached 905,000 units in April 2025, marking a year-on-year increase of 33.9% [11][12] - The penetration rate of new energy vehicles in the domestic passenger car market reached 51.5% in April, with significant growth in the share of domestic brands [12] Corporate News - Longpan Technology signed a sales contract worth 5 billion yuan with Chuangneng New Energy for the supply of lithium iron phosphate cathode materials from 2025 to 2029 [24] - The company Hengtong Technology plans to acquire the high-precision CNC grinding business from SMS Maschinenbau GmbH for 8.5 million euros [22]