In July, the volume of loans doled out from Chinese banks hit their lowest amount since 2009.
The People's Bank of China said new loans reached 345.9 billion yuan in July, less than half the amount expected by Bloomberg economists.
Chinese banks doled out 345.9 billion yuan in new loans last month, well below the 780 billion yuan economists had expected, according to a Bloomberg report and survey.
Additionally, the People's Bank of China said year-on-year growth of broad M2 money supply slowed to 10.7%.
On Tuesday, the People's Bank of China cut several interest rates in a bid to boost the economy, following a similar move in June.
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