中国7月末M2余额同比增8.8%，前七个月人民币贷款增加12.87万亿元

Group 1 - As of the end of July, the total balance of domestic and foreign currency loans reached 272.48 trillion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 6.7%. The balance of RMB loans was 268.51 trillion yuan, growing by 6.9% year-on-year [3] - In the first seven months, RMB loans increased by 12.87 trillion yuan, with household loans rising by 680.7 billion yuan and corporate loans increasing by 11.63 trillion yuan [3] - The total balance of domestic and foreign currency deposits was 327.83 trillion yuan at the end of July, with a year-on-year growth of 9%. RMB deposits reached 320.67 trillion yuan, growing by 8.7% year-on-year [4] Group 2 - The broad money supply (M2) reached 329.94 trillion yuan at the end of July, with a year-on-year increase of 8.8%. The narrow money supply (M1) was 111.06 trillion yuan, growing by 5.6% [2] - The average weighted interest rate for interbank RMB lending in July was 1.45%, which is lower than the previous month and the same period last year by 0.01 and 0.36 percentage points, respectively [5] - In July, the cross-border RMB settlement amount under the current account was 1.57 trillion yuan, with direct investment cross-border RMB settlement amounting to 0.64 trillion yuan [6]