PBOC sets USD/CNY reference rate at 7.0982 vs. 7.1274 previous

On Monday, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) set the USD/CNY central rate for the trading session ahead at 7.0982, as compared to Friday's fix of 7.1274 and 7.0990 Reuters estimates.

Oct 21, 2024

PBoC cuts 1-year and 5-year Loan Prime Rates by 25 bps, as expected

The People's Bank of China (PBoC) announced on Monday that it cut the one-year Loan Prime Rate (LPR) by 25 basis points (bps) from 3.35% to 3.10% and cut the five-year LPR from 3.85% to 3.60%.

Fed's Bostic says he is not in a rush on rate cuts

Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Raphael Bostic said on Friday that he is not in a rush on rate cuts and see the case for rate reduction in the central bank's policy rate to somewhere between 3% and 3.5% by the end of next year, per Reuters.