China April new bank loans fall to 1.7 trln yuan, beat forecast <!-- no image --> <div>Chinese banks extended 1.7 trillion yuan ($240.05 billion) in new local-currency loans in April, down from March but beating analyst expectations.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=6cn0x_bemNk:P_jkZ4GLivw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=6cn0x_bemNk:P_jkZ4GLivw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=6cn0x_bemNk:P_jkZ4GLivw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=6cn0x_bemNk:P_jkZ4GLivw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=6cn0x_bemNk:P_jkZ4GLivw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/6cn0x_bemNk" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters