| Term | Meaning | Data Sources | Description | |
| SB | M2 | Money and Quasimoney | People’s Bank of China | As described in Section 2 |
| DGB | Deposits of Government in Commercial Banks | People’s Bank of China | ||
| DGC | Deposits of Government in the Central Bank | People’s Bank of China | ||
| TBB | Treasury Bonds Hold by Commercial Banks | China Central Depository & Clearing Co., Ltd | ||
| TBC | Treasury Bonds Hold by the Central Bank | People’s Bank of China | ||
| K | Net Assets of Total Banking Financial Institutions | China Banking Regulatory Commission | ||
| FM | Off-Balance-Sheet Wealth Management Products | China Central Depository & Clearing Co., Ltd | ||
| L | Loans | People’s Bank of China | ||
| FE | The Funds Outstanding for Foreign Exchange | People’s Bank of China | ||
| EB | Corporate Bonds | China Central Depository & Clearing Co., Ltd Shanghai Clearing House | ||
| LOAN | Total loans of financial institutions | People’s Bank of China | Loans in Renminbi and foreign currencies in all categories of financial institutions | |
| RATE | Interest rate | People’s Bank of China | Shanghai Interbank Offered Rate (1-month-weighted mean) | |
| PMI | Confidence index | Wind Co., Ltd | Purchasing managers’ index | |