The People’s Bank of China will set Loan Prime Rates (LPRs) on Friday September 20:
these benchmark lending rates remained unchanged in Augustone-year loan prime rate stayed at 3.35%the five-year rate was maintained at 3.85%
In July China’s central bank confirmed several reforms to its interest rate framework, shifting from using the previous LPR precursor to shorter-term seven-day reverse repurchase agreements. Previously, banks were instructed to set their LPR based on the interest rates from the PBOC’s medium-term lending facility.
The PBOC will conduct the MLF loan rollover on
September 25.
This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.
