China cuts rates again as youth unemployment hits new record high | CNN Business

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China trimmed another key interest rate Thursday — the second cut this week — after a series of official data painted a gloomy picture of the post-Covid recovery in the world’s second largest economy

The People’s Bank of China lowered its key policy rate — the medium-term lending rate — from 2.75% to 2.65%. The one-year rate dictates the cost of its lending to banks. It was the first such rate reduction since last August, and largely expected following a surprise cut by the central bank Tuesday to China’s seven-day reverse repo rate. The trimming of the repo rate — also by 0.1 percentage points to 1.9% — marked its first since August.

Meanwhile, even more young people in China’s towns and cities are out of work. Urban youth unemployment — already at record levels — hit another new high in May, reaching 20.8%. That was a slight uptick from April data, which showed that the jobless rate for people between 16 and 24 years old had reached 20.4%. Rural unemployment isn’t included in official data. On a recent visit to China, JPMorgan\n \n CEO Jamie Dimon expressed alarm over the figure.

 

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