Vietnam's Central Bank To Cut Refinance Rate, Lower Cap On Deposit Rates
Umer Jamshaid Published April 01, 2023 | 07:25 PM
The State Bank of Vietnam on Friday said it would cut the refinancing rate by 50 basis points to 5.5 percent from Monday in the latest policy move to support economic growth
HANOI, April 1 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 1st Apr, 2023 ) --:The State Bank of Vietnam on Friday said it would cut the refinancing rate by 50 basis points to 5.5 percent from Monday in the latest policy move to support economic growth.
The discount rate will be kept unchanged at 3.5 percent and the overnight lending rate in the inter-bank market will remain at 6 percent, the central bank said in a statement on its website.
After the release of official data showing Vietnam's economic growth slowed to 3.
32 percent in the first quarter, lower than an annual expansion of 5.03 percent in the same period a year earlier, the central bank signaled it might cut its policy rates further to support growth.
Vietnam's inflation in March down 0.23 percent from February might help give the central bank more room for the rate cuts.
The central bank also said it would lower caps on interest rates of deposits in Vietnamese dong by 0.5 percentage points to between 0.5 percent and 5.5 percent for maturities below six months.
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