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New lending shrinks to 551.6b yuan in May
Updated: 2011-06-13 13:16
(Xinhua)
BEIJING -- China's new bank lending, an important indicator of the monetary policy, shrank to 551.6 billion yuan ($84.86 billion) in May from April's 739.6 billion yuan, the People's Bank of China said on Monday.
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