PETALING JAYA: Banks will likely have to cut their base rates – and consequently their effective lending rates – if the interbank rates continue to decline, according to Maybank Investment Bank Research (Maybank IB).
“Banks whose base rates closely track interbank rates, may eventually have to lower their base rates if the downtrend in interbank rates persists,” the brokerage said in a report.
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