China PBOC Cuts Five-Year Benchmark Lending Rate Morningstar


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China's central bank on Friday lowered the benchmark lending rate for loans with tenors of five years or more, a move that could help lower financing costs for struggling businesses. The People's Bank of China said the five-year loan prime rate was cut to 4.45%, down from 4.6% previously. The cut was unexpected after the central bank kept the key policy rate--the medium-term lending facility that is used to price LPR by commercial banks--unchanged earlier in May. Meanwhile, the PBOC kept the one-year LPR unchanged at 3.7%, the central bank said in a statement. Write to Singapore Editors at singaporeeditors@dowjones.com...