In the first quarter of 20 10, the M2 balance of broad money supply was 65.0 trillion yuan, up 22.5% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 3.0 percentage points lower than that of the same period last year. The narrow money supply M 1 balance was 22.9 trillion yuan, up 29.9% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 12.9 percentage points higher than that of the same period last year. The consumer price index (CPI) rose by 2.2% year-on-year.

20 10 At the end of April, the balance of broad money supply (M2) was 65.66 trillion yuan, up by 2 1.48% year-on-year, down by 1.0 1 and 4.47 percentage points respectively compared with the end of last month and the same period of last year. The balance of narrow money (M 1) was 23.39 trillion yuan, up by 3 1.25% year-on-year, which was 1.3 1 and 13.77 percentage points higher than the end of last month and the same period of last year respectively. The balance of money in circulation (M0) was 3.97 trillion yuan, up by 15.76% year-on-year. Net cash investment in the month was 57.7 billion yuan, an increase of 6.6 billion yuan year-on-year. In April, CPI rose by 2.8% and PPI rose by 6.8%.