BEIJING -- Major Chinese state-owned lenders decided Thursday to reduce interest on deposits across the board, a move widely seen as a harbinger of a policy rate cut by the country's central bank.
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Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and other major Chinese state-owned lenders lowered interest rates on deposits on June 8, the first simultaneous move since September. © Reuters
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