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China's PBOC Narrows Repo Corridor, Adds Reverse Repo

6/18/2026

Summary

**PBOC Narrows Repo**

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) set a narrower overnight repo corridor to curb volatility and support bond markets.
The new corridor lowers both bounds and limits intraday borrowing-cost swings, anchoring cheaper liquidity.
After the PBOC announced the change at the Lujiazui Forum on Wednesday, shorter-tenor yields slipped.
The PBOC also added overnight reverse-repo operations to its repos, mirroring the Federal Reserve (Fed).

Summary

**PBOC Launches Repo**

China’s central bank launched the FIMA RMB Repo facility at the Lujiazui Forum on Wednesday.
The facility lends yuan for 7-day, 1-month and 3-month terms against Chinese government bonds.
Six banks—including ICBC, Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of China and China Construction Bank—can run offshore yuan FX trading in Shanghai’s Pilot Free-Trade Zone, plugging a liquidity gap and backed by upcoming SAFE reforms to simplify cross-border FX and foreign-direct-investment rules.

Summary

**PBOC Broadens Mandate**

Regulators said the People’s Bank of China must manage liquidity, capital costs and systemic risk, widening remit beyond banking.
Ding Xiangqun, head of the Administration, pledged control of small lenders, property debt and local-government borrowing while Marco Sun of MUFG (China) noted flat stocks and a steady yuan on Wednesday.
The centre signed agreements with 26 Shanghai institutions to expand e-CNY abroad while Zhu Hexin announced QDII quotas for outbound investment.

History

Historical Context

In 2013 the Federal Reserve launched the Overnight Reverse Repurchase Facility, letting institutions earn a rate and setting a floor for the federal-funds market, a key part of its repo toolkit. Now the People’s Bank of China has introduced a comparable reverse-repo corridor with banks such as ICBC, mirroring a system that underlies a market moving about $1 trillion of collateral daily.

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**PBOC Narrows Repo**

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) set a narrower overnight repo corridor to curb volatility and support bond markets.
The new corridor lowers both bounds and limits intraday borrowing-cost swings, anchoring cheaper liquidity.
After the PBOC announced the change at the Lujiazui Forum on Wednesday, shorter-tenor yields slipped.
The PBOC also added overnight reverse-repo operations to its repos, mirroring the Federal Reserve (Fed).

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