China central bank chief says current interest rate level is appropriate: Caixin

Reuters

Published Jul 23, 2019 05:23AM ET

China central bank chief says current interest rate level is appropriate: Caixin

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's central bank governor Yi Gang said the country's current interest rate level is appropriate, the financial magazine Caixin reported on Tuesday.

China will keep its benchmark deposit rate for a relatively long time, but will phase out its benchmark lending rate in the push to unify the benchmark lending rate and market-based rates, Yi said in a recent interview with Caixin.