China c.bank says lending small firms jumps 21 pct in Jan-May <!-- no image --> <div>China's central bank said on Monday that more loans have been extended to small firms in the first five months of 2019, heeding Beijing's call to support the economy.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=yneg1flhA-w:_vJScLUVwZE: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=yneg1flhA-w:_vJScLUVwZE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=yneg1flhA-w:_vJScLUVwZE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=yneg1flhA-w:_vJScLUVwZE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=yneg1flhA-w:_vJScLUVwZE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/yneg1flhA-w" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters