Chinese banks extended 900 billion yuan ($126.86 billion) in new yuan loans in August, up 246% from July but short of analyst expectations, data released by the People's Bank of China (PBOC) showed on Friday. Analysts polled by Reuters had predicted new yuan loans would reach 1.02 trillion yuan last month, versus 260 billion yuan the previous month, but lower than the 1.36 trillion yuan a year earlier.
