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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Amy Hawkins and agencies

China to cut interest rates in response to trade war with US

The financial district of Lujiazui in the Pudong district of Shanghai
The financial district of Lujiazui, Shanghai. China’s economy is under pressure as it faces tariffs of 145% on its exports to the US. Photograph: Héctor Retamal/AFP/Getty Images

China will cut interest rates and inject some much-needed liquidity into the domestic economy, as the country steels itself for a bruising trade war with the US.

The People’s Bank of China said on Wednesday it would make a half-point cut to the banks’ reserve requirement ratio, its benchmark interest rate, and release 1tn yuan (£103.6bn) into the banking system.

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