SHANGHAI: Chinese lenders paid the highest interest rate in more than two years to borrow short-term government funds, adding to recent signs of a mismatch between the demand and supply of cash.
The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) auctioned 80 billion yuan (US$12bil) of three-month treasury deposits on behalf of the Ministry of Finance at 4.51%, according to a statement on its website.
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