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China will strengthen its policy, continue to lower lending rates: Central Bank Governor
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China will strengthen its policy, continue to lower lending rates: Central Bank Governor

Central bank Governor Yi Gang on Tuesday said that China will strengthen its economic policy and continue efforts to lower interest rates on loans, reinforcing expectations of further support measures to revive an economy ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic.In an interview published by the central bank, Yi said China's economic fundamentals are unchanged despite many uncertainties and reiterated that its current stance on monetary policy will be more flexible.“The People's Bank of China will use various monetary policy tools to maintain sufficient liquidity, and keep the annual growth rate of M2 money supply and social financing significantly higher than last year,” Yi said.“Since the virus outbreak, the central bank's policy measures, including bank reserve requirement cuts, relending, re...