BEIJING: China’s battered banks are being asked to sacrifice profits to help millions of cash-squeezed companies struggling under the weight of the coronavirus outbreak. Now they may finally see some relief for themselves.
Liu Guoqiang, a deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), said over the weekend that policy makers are considering lowering their benchmark deposit rate for the first time in five years.
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