The People's Bank of China released August 2026 financial statistics on Sept 14. Its estimates show bond and equity financing accounted for 50.31% of the increase in social financing in the first eight months of 2026, surpassing loans and about 20 pe

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PBOC data for Jan–Aug show yuan loans +10.44 trln yuan; corporate bond net financing 2.79 trln yuan, +1.23 trln YoY; domestic equity financing by non-financial firms 470 bn yuan, +203.1 bn YoY. Financial Times says the data point to a change in loan