China's central bank keeps interest rates unchanged

www.breakingthenews.net— The People's Bank of China (PBoC) announced on Monday it will keep its one-year loan prime rate (LPR) unchanged at 3.45%. Additionally, the bank's five-year loan prime rate remained at 3.95%,

Economy Middle East—US Federal Reserve, UAE Central Bank keep interest rates unchanged. The UAE Central Bank (CBUAE) kept interest rates unchanged on Wednesday after the US Federal Reserve held interest rates steady citing “lack of further progress” on inflation. The CBUAE has decided to maintain the base rate applicable to the overnight deposit facility (ODF) at 5.40 percent. “The CBUAE has also decided to maintain the interest rate applicable to borrowing short-term liquidity at 50 basis points above the base rate for all standing credit facilities,” the central bank said. ...

Public Radio of Armenia—Armenia’s Central Bank cuts refinancing rate to 8.25%. At its April 30 meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Armenia decided to reduce the Refinancing Rate by 0.25 percentage points, setting it at 8.25%. The Lombard Repo Facility Rate was set at 9.75%. The Deposit Facility Rate was set at 6.75%.

The Guardian—Bank of England’s chief economist dampens hopes of summer interest rates cut. Huw Pill warns inflation could rebound as UK business survey signals economy strengthened over last monthThe prospects of a summer cut in UK interest rates have receded after the Bank of England’s chief economist said inflation must be squeezed out of the economy and cautioned against cutting too soon.After a key survey signalled strong sales across the private sector over the past month and the London stock market rose to a record high, Huw Pill said concerns remained that inflation, which is...