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- A + A SHANGHAI (July 20): China kept its benchmark lending rates for corporate and household loans unchanged on Wednesday, as policymakers adopted a cautious approach amid signs of economic recovery, growing domestic inflationary pressure and aggressive global rate rises. At the monthly fixing, the one-year loan prime rate (LPR) was kept at 3.7%, and the five-year LPR was unchanged at 4.45%, in line with market expectations of 22 respondents in the Reuters snap poll conducted this week. China, along with Japan, has been a major outlier in a global run of policy tightening to tame rampant inflation with...
