The pboc used to rely on loan quotas, money-supply targets and jawboning to make its monetary policy work; the bank's former governor would say his benchmark for policy rates was the economy's underlying " potential" growth rate.

中国人民银行过去依靠贷款配额、货币供应目标和口头劝说来使货币政策发挥作用。该银行前行长会说，他的政策利率基准是经济的潜在“潜在”增长率。