Core Insights - The People's Bank of China reported that by the end of 2025, the total social financing scale reached 442.12 trillion yuan, marking an 8.3% year-on-year increase [1] - The balance of RMB loans to the real economy was 268.4 trillion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 6.3% [1] - The balance of foreign currency loans to the real economy, converted to RMB, was 1.05 trillion yuan, showing an 18% decline year-on-year [1] Financing Structure - By the end of 2025, RMB loans to the real economy accounted for 60.7% of the total social financing scale, down 1.1 percentage points year-on-year [2] - The proportion of foreign currency loans to the real economy was 0.2%, a decrease of 0.1 percentage points year-on-year [2] - Government bonds represented 21.5% of the total financing structure, an increase of 1.6 percentage points year-on-year [2] Annual Financing Increment - The total increment in social financing for 2025 was 35.6 trillion yuan, which is 3.34 trillion yuan more than the previous year [3] - RMB loans to the real economy increased by 15.91 trillion yuan, which is a decrease of 1.13 trillion yuan compared to the previous year [3] - Government bond net financing reached 13.84 trillion yuan, an increase of 2.54 trillion yuan year-on-year [3] Currency and Deposits - By the end of 2025, the broad money supply (M2) was 340.29 trillion yuan, reflecting an 8.5% year-on-year growth [3] - RMB deposits increased by 26.41 trillion yuan in 2025, with household deposits rising by 14.64 trillion yuan [4] - The total amount of cash injected into the economy in 2025 was 1.31 trillion yuan [3] Interbank Market Activity - The total transaction volume in the interbank RMB market for 2025 was 2180.31 trillion yuan, with an average daily transaction of 8.79 trillion yuan, up 2.1% year-on-year [4] - The weighted average interest rate for interbank borrowing in December 2025 was 1.36%, lower than both the previous month and the same period last year [4] Foreign Exchange Reserves - As of December 2025, the national foreign exchange reserves stood at 3.36 trillion USD, with the RMB exchange rate at 7.0288 yuan per USD [5] - The cross-border RMB settlement amount for the current account in 2025 was 17.86 trillion yuan, with goods trade accounting for 13.72 trillion yuan [5]