China likely to keep lending rates steady after May cut, trade truce


SHANGHAI: China is widely expected to keep its benchmark lending rates unchanged at a monthly fixing on Friday, a Reuters survey showed, after Beijing rolled out sweeping monetary easing measures a month earlier to aid the economy.

A framework agreement covering tariff rates between Washington and Beijing has raised optimism the world's two largest economies can get business activity back on track, reducing the urgency for additional easing measures.

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