China's central bank announced on Wednesday it will lower the interest rates on personal housing provident fund loans by 0.25 percentage points starting Thursday.
5年以下(含5年)和5年以上首套个人住房公积金贷款利率分别调整为2.1%和2.6%;
The interest rates on personal housing provident fund loans with maturities of five years or less and those with maturities above five years will be adjusted to 2.1 percent and 2.6 percent, respectively, for first-home buyers, and to no lower than 2.525 percent and 3.075 percent, respectively, for second-home buyers, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) said in a statement.
The PBOC also announced on Wednesday that it will cut the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) by 0.5 percentage points for financial institutions from May 15.
Financial institutions that have already implemented a 5-percent RRR will be exempt from the upcoming reduction, and the RRR for auto financing and financial leasing companies will be cut by 5 percentage point.
The move is expected to provide about 1 trillion yuan in long-term liquidity to the market.
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