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China starts interbank clearing house in Shanghai, PBOC Says

(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-11-28 15:38

The People's Bank of China, the central bank, set up an interbank market clearing house in Shanghai today to help improve financial innovations in currency and bond trading.

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The clearing house will help "improve the efficiency of clearing, reduce costs and provide technical support for innovations of financial products," said Governor Zhou Xiaochuan, according to a statement on the website of the central bank today.

The clearing system will also "help prevent systematic financial risks and maintain stability of the financial system," Zhou said.