Economics

China Cuts Rates, Injects Liquidity as Mainland Markets Sink

  • Central bank trims costs of open-market operations Monday
  • Onshore stocks, commodities, yuan drop as trading reopens
HSBC’s Willem Sels discusses his investment strategy for China.(Source: Bloomberg)
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China’s central bank took its first concrete steps to cushion the economy and plunging markets from the blow of a spreading new virus, providing short-term funding to banks and cutting the interest rate it charges for the money.