Economics

China Just Made Borrowing Costs a Tiny Bit Cheaper for Companies

  • New loan prime rate will start at 4.25% versus 4.24% estimate
  • Central bank to set rate on 20th calendar day of every month
Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg
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Loans will get a little cheaper for Chinese companies after officials introduced a revamped market benchmark rate for the first time.