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Conservative easing

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China’s latest interest rate cut will provide relief for firms struggling with deflation but do little to boost credit demand.
On Monday, the central bank (PBoC) disclosed that the one-year loan prime rate (LPR) – the benchmark rate for pricing most corporate bank loans – dropped by 10 bps to 3.45%....