The People’s Bank of China unexpectedly lowered the cost of its one-year policy loans by the most since April 2020, acting days after cutting a key short-term rate in a sign of greater support for the slowing economy.
The central bank decreased the rate of the medium-term lending facility by 20 basis points to 2.3%, according to a statement Thursday, the first reduction in almost a year. The cut followed the PBOC’s trim of the seven-day reverse repo by 10 basis points on Monday. The monetary authority has recently downplayed the MLF in favor of the short-term rate to guide markets in a way more similar to global peers.
