China lending at 15-year low as central bank holds rates

Real estate slump continues to squeeze financing demand

20240820N Yuan Bank Notes REUTERS

Profit margins at Chinese commercial banks have hovered around a record low for months. © Reuters

Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- The Chinese central bank on Tuesday kept two benchmark lending rates unchanged for this month, after financing extended by Chinese banks hit their lowest level in roughly a decade and a half.

The People's Bank of China held the one-year loan prime rate at 3.35% and the five-year LPR at 3.85%. The two key interest rates were each cut by 10 basis points in July.

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