Banks ’foreign exchange settlement and sales maintained a surplus for 5 consecutive months.
The latest data released by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on May 22 showed that in dollar terms, banks settled USD 157.2 billion, sold USD 142.4 billion, and had a surplus $ 14.8 billion. Among them, the bank valet settlement of foreign exchange was 974.4 billion yuan, the sale of foreign exchange was 889.5 billion yuan, the surplus of settlement and sale of foreign exchange was 84.9 billion yuan; the bank ’s own foreign exchange settlement was 137.1 billion yuan, the sale of foreign exchange was 117.3 billion yuan, and the surplus of foreign exchange settlement and sales was 19.8 billion yuan .
Since December last year, the settlement and sale of foreign exchange by banks and the settlement and sale of foreign exchange by banks have maintained a surplus.
“In April, China ’s foreign exchange continued to show a surplus in bank foreign exchange settlement and sales. In April, the bank surplus in foreign exchange settlement and sales was US $ 14.8 billion, of which, bank valet settlement and sale of foreign exchange The surplus is US $ 12 billion. After comprehensive consideration of other supply and demand factors such as forwards and options, the overall supply and demand in the foreign exchange market is balanced. Second, the net inflow of foreign-related income and expenditure of the non-banking sector reappeared. 4.9 billion US dollars, showing a deficit in March. Third, the scale of foreign exchange reserves has risen steadily. At the end of April, the balance of China ’s foreign exchange reserves was 309.15 billion US dollars, an increase of 30.8 billion US dollars from the end of March.
Foreign exchange bureau said that the main body of foreign exchange market in April is expected to be stable, and the situation of cross-border capital flow is stable and improving.
First of all, the market participants ’willingness to settle foreign exchange remained stable, and their willingness to purchase foreign exchange declined. In April, the exchange rate that measures the willingness to settle foreign exchange, that is, the ratio of the customer ’s foreign exchange sales to the bank to the customer ’s foreign exchange income is 66%, basically the same as the first quarter; the exchange rate that measures the willingness to purchase foreign exchange, that is, the customer ’s purchase of foreign exchange from the bank The ratio of foreign exchange expenditure with foreign customers was 61%, a decrease of 2 percentage points from the first quarter. Secondly , cross-border funds from major channels showed a net inflow. In April, the cross-border trade surplus of goods trade was US $ 13.5 billion, an increase of 76% year-on-year; Cross-border funds under securities investment resumed net inflows. Among them, foreign investors increased their holdings of domestic bonds and listed stocks by US $ 18.9 billion.
First of all, the market participants ’willingness to settle foreign exchange remained stable, and their willingness to purchase foreign exchange declined. In April, the exchange rate that measures the willingness to settle foreign exchange, that is, the ratio of the customer ’s foreign exchange sales to the bank to the customer ’s foreign exchange income is 66%, basically the same as the first quarter; the exchange rate that measures the willingness to purchase foreign exchange, that is, the customer ’s purchase of foreign exchange from the bank The ratio of foreign exchange expenditure with foreign customers was 61%, a decrease of 2 percentage points from the first quarter. Secondly , cross-border funds from major channels showed a net inflow. In April, the cross-border trade surplus of goods trade was US $ 13.5 billion, an increase of 76% year-on-year; Cross-border funds under securities investment resumed net inflows. Among them, foreign investors increased their holdings of domestic bonds and listed stocks by US $ 18.9 billion.
“At present, China’s epidemic prevention and control situation continues to consolidate, work resumes and production resumes solidly, economic operations are gradually recovering from normalization The key role of stabilizing market expectations and enhancing market confidence has not changed. The trend of China ’s economic stability and improvement in the long-term has not changed, and the confidence and determination to expand opening to the outside world have not changed, and cross-border trade and investment have been free