Central Bank: The social financing scale increased by 8.2% year-on-year.

According to data from the central bank, preliminary statistics show that by the end of February 2026, the stock of social financing amounted to 451.4 trillion yuan, an increase of 8.2% year-on-year. Of this, the balance of RMB loans issued to the real economy was 274.15 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.1% year-on-year; the balance of foreign currency loans issued to the real economy was equivalent to 1.08 trillion yuan, a decrease of 11% year-on-year; the balance of entrusted loans was 11.28 trillion yuan, an increase of 0.3% year-on-year; the balance of trust loans was 4.7 trillion yuan, an increase of 8.5% year-on-year; the balance of undiscounted bank acceptance bills was 2.6 trillion yuan, an increase of 12.9% year-on-year; the balance of corporate bonds was 34.84 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.2% year-on-year; the balance of government bonds was 97.3 trillion yuan, an increase of 16.6% year-on-year; and the balance of domestic stocks of non-financial enterprises was 12.27 trillion yuan, an increase of 4.2% year-on-year.