Headquarters of the People's Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank, is pictured in Beijing, China September 28, 2018.
REUTERS/Jason Lee/ File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBEIJING, Aug 20 (Reuters) - China will coordinate financial support to resolve local government debt problems, the central bank said in a statement on Sunday, as policymakers look to shore up an increasingly shaky economic recovery and reassure worried investors.
Financial departments should coordinate support to resolve local debt risks, enrich tools to prevent and resolve debt risks, strengthen risk monitoring and firmly hold the line on avoiding systemic risk, according to the PBOC statement.
Bloomberg reported on Aug. 11 that China will offer local governments a combined 1 trillion yuan ($137 billion) in bond issuance quotas for refinancing.
"Financial support to the real economy must be strong enough" while major banks should increase lending, the statement said.
Persons:
Jason Lee, Fitch, Pan Gongsheng, Xiao Yuanqi, Li Chao, PBOC, Ellen Zhang, Siyi Liu, Ryan Woo, Kim Coghill
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People's Bank of China, REUTERS, Rights, Communist Party, Bloomberg, PBOC, National Financial Regulatory, China Securities Regulatory, Thomson
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Beijing, China, Rights BEIJING