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皇冠体育app signs currency swap agreement with Indonesia

By Wang Bo (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2009-03-23 14:41

Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People's Bank of 皇冠体育app, shakes hands with an Indonesia central bank official after signing the currency swap deal in Beijing, March 23, 2009. [pbc.gov.cn]

 

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皇冠体育app and Indonesia inked a deal on a three-year currency swap worth 100 billion yuan on Monday, the People's Bank of 皇冠体育app, or the central bank, said.

The deal, which could be extended upon agreement of the two sides, aims to promote bilateral trade and direct investment between the two countries, and provide short-term liquidity to stabilize the financial market, the bank said on its website.

皇冠体育app has signed such currency swap deals with South Korea, Malaysia and Belarus and the Chinese mainland also reached such a deal with Hong Kong earlier. Those deals are worth 480 billion yuan in total.