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Group 1 - The People's Bank of China (PBOC) announced a 700 billion yuan reverse repo operation to maintain liquidity in the banking system, with a term of 3 months, indicating a loose monetary policy approach [2] - On the same day, the PBOC conducted a 1,175 billion yuan 7-day reverse repo operation at a rate of 1.40%, resulting in a net withdrawal of 357.8 billion yuan due to the maturity of 4,753 billion yuan in reverse repos [2] - The PBOC's actions reflect a "long-short combination" liquidity management strategy, aiming to stabilize market liquidity expectations while providing support for year-end liquidity management [2] Group 2 - In October, the PBOC achieved a net injection of 20 billion yuan through open market treasury transactions, indicating a gradual restoration of treasury transactions as a regular liquidity adjustment tool [2] - The PBOC's Deputy Governor Lu Lei emphasized the importance of adjusting policy support based on domestic and international economic conditions, ensuring effective implementation of monetary policy tools [2] - According to a report by CITIC Securities, the liquidity gap is expected to narrow to around 100 billion yuan in November, with low volatility in funding rates anticipated due to the PBOC's recent resumption of treasury transactions [3] Group 3 - PBOC Governor Pan Gongsheng highlighted the need to optimize the basic currency issuance mechanism and maintain reasonable growth in financial aggregates in a recent article [3] - The focus is on enhancing the role of policy interest rates and narrowing the width of the short-term interest rate corridor to improve the transmission of monetary policy to market rates [3]