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    China’s central bank cuts interest rate amid economic recovery concerns

    The central bank has cut the one-year loan prime rate, a benchmark for corporate loans, from 3.55 percent to 3.45 percent.
    News DeskBy News DeskAugust 21, 2023
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    China: The People’s Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank of the country, has reduced a significant interest rate due to worries regarding the post-pandemic rebound.

    The central bank has cut the one-year loan prime rate, a benchmark for corporate loans, from 3.55 percent to 3.45 percent. PBOC held the five-year LPR, which is used to price mortgages, steady at 4.2 percent, as per the statement.

    China’s recovery after COVID-19 has faced obstacles, including reduced demand for Chinese products due to global economic uncertainty and internal issues such as a declining property market and an all-time low birth rate.

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    Increasing concerns about a possible debt default by property giant Country Garden have sparked worries about potential financial system contagion in China, following the significant debt default by primary developer Evergrande in 2021, which exceeded $300 billion.

    Last week, China also revealed it would stop releasing comprehensive youth unemployment statistics after the unemployment rate reached 21.3 percent in June 2023.

    The interest rate reduction was met with disappointment by sure market analysts, as they had been anticipating more substantial measures to stimulate the economy. On the same day, Hong Kong shares declined by 1.4 percent, and the Shanghai stock market dropped by 0.6 percent.

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    Last week, the PBOC reduced the rate on $55.25 billion worth of one-year medium-term lending facility loans to certain financial institutions by 15 basis points, bringing it down to 2.50 percent from the previous 2.65 percent. Additionally, the overnight, seven-day, and one-month standing lending facility rates were each cut by 10 basis points, resulting in rates of 2.65 percent, 2.8 percent, and 3.15 percent, respectively.

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