The net increase in new credit jumped in May, but that just reflects the usual seasonal pattern. Year-on-year growth in aggregate financing to the real economy (AFRE – the PBOC’s preferred measure of broad credit) fell from 7.8% in April to a record low of 7.7% in May.
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