China leaves benchmark lending rates unchanged for ninth straight month

BY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 02/23/26 08:04 PM EST

SHANGHAI, Feb 24 (Reuters) - China left ?benchmark lending rates ?unchanged for ?a ninth consecutive ?month ?in February ?on Tuesday.

The one-year ?loan ?prime rate (LPR) was kept at ?3.0%, ?while ?the five-year LPR was unchanged at ?3.5%.

Most new ?and outstanding loans in China ?are ?based ?on the one-year ?LPR, while the five-year rate influences the pricing ?of mortgages. (Reporting by Shanghai Newsroom; ?Editing ?by Kim ?Coghill)

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