CH 1-y Loan Prime Rate

Chinese banks kept their benchmark lending rates unchanged for August, as profit margins come under pressure and policymakers focus on the health of financial institutions. The one-year loan prime rate will stay at 3.35% and the five-year rate, a reference for long-term credit including mortgages, remains at 3.85%, according to a Tuesday statement from the People’s Bank of China. The moves were in line with the forecasts of all economists surveyed by Bloomberg. The decisions reflect a balancing act by China, after PBOC Governor Pan ...

The People’s Bank of China cut a key short-term policy rate for the first time in almost a year, stepping up support for the economy after growth disappointed and steering a shift toward a new policy benchmark. The seven-day reverse repo rate is lowered by 10 basis points to 1.7%, the PBOC said in a statement Monday. This aims to optimize the open market operation mechanism and increase financial support for the economy, it added. Chinese banks followed the move about an hour later by lowering their main benchmark lending rates, or ...

China's one-year loan prime rate (LPR), a market-based benchmark lending rate, was 3.45 percent on Wednesday, unchanged from the previous month. The over-five-year LPR, on which many lenders base their mortgage rates, also held steady from the previous reading of 3.95 percent, according to the National Interbank Funding Center. Last month, China cut the over-five-year rate by 25 basis points to 3.95 percent, the largest drop in recent years. The one-year rate remained unchanged in February. A lower LPR is expected to shore up the ...

Chinese banks cut a key reference lending rate for mortgages by the most on record, ramping up support for the beleaguered property sector. The five-year Loan Prime Rate, a reference for mortgages, was lowered by 25 basis points to 3.95%, according to a statement by the People’s Bank of China on Tuesday. It was the first cut in eight months, and the largest since that rate was introduced in 2019. Nine of the 12 economists polled predicted a reduction, but none by that much. The one-year rate was maintained at 3.45%. Ten of the 19 ...

A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Trading activity in Asia should return to normal on Tuesday with China back in business following its Lunar New Year break and U.S. markets open after the Presidents Day holiday, with attention turning mostly to China and Japan. Investors will be looking to see whether Chinese markets' gradual climb out of the doldrums can continue, and whether Japan's stocks and currency can break through to territory not seen in more than a third of a century. Tuesday's economic calendar is pretty light. ...