Timely boost: A motorist riding past a housing project under construction on the outskirts of Beijing. China’s central bank has cut both its five-year loan prime rate and its one-year rate, moving to revive its ailing property sector and rev up the slowing economy. — AP
BEIJING: China cut key interest rate benchmarks, demonstrating policymakers’ strong commitment to strengthening macroeconomic policy support and putting into effect the measures outlined last week at a key meeting of the central leadership of the Communist Party of China, say economists and analysts.
With the top-level meeting having mapped out reforms to bolster financial support for the real economy, they said China will likely take more action soon to enhance the effectiveness of interest rate adjustments and strengthen the capital market’s ability to serve innovative enterprises as well as investors.
