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China injects $54 billion into state banks and insurers

Leading the recapitalization

Eight of China's largest state-owned banks and insurers will receive US$53.6 billion in fresh capital from the finance ministry. The 360 billion yuan injection, funded by special treasury bonds, is the biggest coordinated recapitalization since last year.

Updated 5 days ago

Bank of Japan's market operations track the unwinding of its easing era

Money Moves

Source of Treasury funds flows through the banking system

Every business day the Bank of Japan releases a two-page table showing how it managed the roughly ¥550 trillion that Japanese banks hold on deposit at the central bank. The August 24, 2026 statement is one entry in that record — a routine liquidity operation, unremarkable on its own.

Updated Aug 24