Economics
China Savers Prioritized Over Banks by PBOC
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After subsidizing banks and industry for decades, China’s savers awoke Saturday to a surprise.
On the central government’s website a graphic explained that an interest-rate cut taking effect that day would protect returns on savings deposits while slicing at least 0.15 percentage point off lending margins. The government site has since posted four news articles referencing the switch.