SHANGHAI: China's benchmark lending rate is expected to stay steady for the 11th straight month at its March fixing on Monday, a Reuters survey showed, as authorities show no rush to tighten policy even as the economy builds on a post-pandemic recovery.
Twenty-nine traders and analysts, or 97% of all 30 participants, in a snap Reuters poll conducted this week predicted no change in either the one-year Loan Prime Rate (LPR) or the five-year tenor.
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