China’s central bank has cut one of its key interest rates for the second time in three months as the world’s second-largest economy struggles to bounce back from the pandemic.

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) lowered its one-year loan prime rate to 3.45% from 3.55%. The country’s post-Covid recovery has been hit by a property crisis, falling exports and weak consumer spending.

In contrast, other major economies have raised rates to tackle high inflation.

  • @[email protected]
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    1 year ago

    Do you really think the government that emerges from the collapse of the communist party would be positive? If we look at the Soviet Union, it seems more likely that a collapse would lead to a worse, less representative, and more exploitative and violent regime to enter power, with even fewer checks on their power, as we’ve seen with the rise of the Russian Federation.

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      11 year ago

      Russian Federation is a shadow of the horror that the Soviet Union was. I choose to believe that you simply don’t know enough about the facts of life in the USSR.