FILE PHOTO: Fan Yifei, vice governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), attends a news conference during the ongoing session of the National People’s Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China March 10, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee
February 15, 2020
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will maintain its prudent monetary policy, vice governor of the central bank said on Saturday, at a time the economy has been hit by a coronaviurs outbreak.
Fan Yifei, vice governor at the People’s Bank of China, told a press briefing that consumer prices were unlikely to rise sharply.
He added that non-performing loan ratio remained relatively low in China and he saw space to deal with bad loan problems.
(Reporting by Kevin Yao in Beijing, writing by Winni Zhou; Editing by Himani Sarkar)
