PBC to Cut Required Reserve Ratio for Financial Institutions on December 15, 2021

To support the development of real economy and steadily bring down overall financing costs, the PBC is scheduled to cut the required reserve ratio (RRR) for financial institutions (excluding those that have already implemented an RRR of 5 percent) by 0.5 percentage points on December 15, 2021. The weighted average RRR for financial institutions will be 8.4 percent after the cut.