BEIJING: Chinese banks extended a record 3.34 trillion yuan ($476.42 billion) in new yuan loans in January, up from December and exceeding analyst expectations.
Analysts polled by Reuters had predicted new yuan loans would rise to 3.00 trillion yuan in January, up from 1.14 trillion yuan in the previous month and compared with the prior record 3.23 trillion yuan a year earlier.
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