Analysts polled by Reuters had predicted new yuan loans would fall to 800 billion yuan in October. Household loans, including mortgages, contracted by 18 billion yuan in October, versus 650.3 billion yuan in September, while corporate loans dropped to 462.2 billion yuan from 1.92 trillion yuan, central bank data showed. China's local governments issued a net 24.1 billion yuan in special bonds in September, the finance ministry has said, down from 51.6 billion yuan in August. China's local governments issued a net 24.1 billion yuan in special bonds in September, the finance ministry has said, down from 51.6 billion yuan in August. In October, TSF fell sharply to 907.9 billion yuan from 3.53 trillion yuan in September.

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