<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>SHANGHAI (March 16): China's central bank will conduct medium-term lending facility (MLF) operations on Monday, traders said.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>There is no MLF loan due to expire on the day.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Markets will closely watch the size of the loan injection and any change in the interest rate for the People's Bank of China's (PBOC) monetary policy stance, after its US counterpart made another emergency rate cut of 100 basis points on Sunday to counter economic fallout form the coronavirus pandemic.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The MLF now acts as a guide for the PBOC's new lending benchmark loan prime rate (LPR), which is set on the 20th of each month.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The one-year MLF rate now stands at 3.15%.&nbsp;</p></div>


SHANGHAI (March 16): China's central bank will conduct medium-term lending facility (MLF) operations on Monday, traders said.

There is no MLF loan due to expire on the day.

Markets will closely watch the size of the loan injection and any change in the interest rate for the Pe...

China central bank to conduct unexpected MLF operations on Monday - traders

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<p>PUTRAJAYA (Jan 5): The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) has advised the public not to participate in a rally scheduled to take place at the Palace of Justice here on Monday (Jan 6), as it has not received permission from the owner of the venue.</p>


<p>SEOUL (Jan 5): The chief of security for South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Sunday that he could not cooperate with efforts to arrest the impeached leader, in remarks that could push the political crisis towards another high-stakes confrontation.</p>


<p>BANGI (Jan 5): Umno President Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has reminded party members not to participate in a rally scheduled to take place at the Palace of Justice in Putrajaya on Monday (Jan 6).</p>


<p>TAIPEI (Jan 5): Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, beat expectations to post its highest-ever revenue for the fourth quarter, on continued strong demand for artificial intelligence (AI) servers.</p>


<p>DOHA/DUBAI/CAIRO (Jan 5): Syria's new Islamist rulers said on Sunday that US sanctions on Syria were an obstacle to the war-torn country's rapid recovery, and urged Washington to lift them during a visit by Syrian officials to Qatar.</p>


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<p>ATHENS (Jan 5): Former Greek prime minister Costas Simitis, who led the country into the European Union's (EU) single currency in 2001, died on Sunday, aged 88, at his summer house in the Peloponnese.</p>


<p>MOSCOW (Jan 5): Russian airports in the cities of Kazan, Nizhnekamsk, Izhevsk and Perm, which temporarily halted flights on Sunday morning to ensure the safety of civilian aircraft, have resumed normal operations, the aviation watchdog Rosaviatsia said.</p>


<p>(Jan 5):&nbsp;United Airlines said on Sunday that it expects to begin testing Elon Musk's Starlink in February&nbsp;for in-flight internet services, and to first offer the connectivity on a commercial flight operated by Embraer&nbsp;aircraft this spring.</p>
