China cuts benchmark interest rates

Thursday, 27 August 2015 12:00:11 (GMT+3)   |   Shanghai
       

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC), China’s central bank, has decided to cut benchmark interest rates effective as of August 25, following the previous interest rate cut made on June 28 this year.
 
Accordingly, the one-year lending rate has been reduced by 0.25 percentage points to 4.6 percent, while the one-year deposit interest rate has been cut by 0.25 percentage points to 1.75 percent. In addition, the lending rate for between one year and five years (including five years) and the lending rate for more than five years stand at 5.00 percent and 5.15 percent, respectively. 


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