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    People's Bank of China keeps one-year and five-year loan prime rates unchanged and announces daily overnight reverse repos

    Question

    People's Bank of China keeps one-year and five-year loan prime rates unchanged and announces daily overnight reverse repos

    Direct answer

    The LPR hold limits immediate easing expectations, while the large overnight liquidity operations may support money-market conditions and Chinese financial assets.

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    Market Ontology
    Evidence through
    2026-10-20
    Published
    2026-10-20
    Revision
    1 · 2026-10-21

    Cite as: Market Ontology, “People's Bank of China keeps one-year and five-year loan prime rates unchanged and announces daily overnight reverse repos”, revision 1, evidence through 2026-10-20. https://marketontology.com/market-events/2026-10-20/people-s-bank-of-china-keeps-one-year-and-five-year-loan-prime-rates-unchanged-a-42cae0

    MACRO
    People's Bank of China keeps one-year and five-year loan prime rates unchanged and announces daily overnight reverse repos
    The LPR hold limits immediate easing expectations, while the large overnight liquidity operations may support money-market conditions and Chinese financial assets.
    CNYCSI 300CNH
    Impact
    82
    OCT 20
    SIG
    CNYCSI 300CNH
    People's Bank of China keeps one-year and five-year loan prime rates unchanged and announces daily overnight reverse repos
    The LPR hold limits immediate easing expectations, while the large overnight liquidity operations may support money-market conditions and Chinese financial assets.
    Impact
    The LPR hold limits immediate easing expectations, while the large overnight liquidity operations may support money-market conditions and Chinese financial assets.
    Affected
    CNYCSI 300CNH
    Source facts

    How this development reaches the affected companies

    AssetExposure and channelDirectionEvidence
    CNYThe strongest official yuan fixing since February 2023 reinforces near-term currency support.UpintradayThe PBOC set the USD/CNY reference rate at its strongest level since February 2, 2023.
    CSI 300Large planned liquidity injections can improve funding conditions and support domestic equities.Up1-5dThe PBOC announced daily overnight reverse repos capped at 1 trillion yuan.
    CNHThe stronger central parity fixing signals official support for the renminbi against the dollar.Up1-5dThe PBOC set its reference rate at the strongest yuan level in more than three and a half years.

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