Economists polled by Reuters had expected new yuan loans would jump to 1.6 trillion yuan last month, versus 718.8 billion yuan in April and against 1.89 trillion yuan a year earlier.
Outstanding yuan loans in May grew 11.4% on year compared with 11.8% growth the previous month.
Household loans including mortgages were up 367.2 billion yuan in May, versus a contraction of 241.1 billion yuan in April.
Corporate loans rose to 855.8 billion yuan in May from 683.9 billion yuan in April, central bank data showed.
In May, TSF rose to 1.56 trillion yuan from 1.22 trillion yuan in April.
Persons:
Zhiwei Zhang, Yi Gang, Nomura, TSF, Qiaoyi Li, Judy Hua, Kevin Yao, Jacqueline Wong
Organizations:
People's Bank of China, Reuters, PMI, Capital, Analysts, U.S, Thomson
Locations:
BEIJING, Shanghai, Beijing, U.S . Federal, TSF