Property News · August 25, 2025

Hong Kong’s ‘low-rate honeymoon’ ends as dollar-peg defence raises Hibor


A “low-rate honeymoon” for Hong Kong borrowers has come to an end with an increase in the interest rate banks use to set loan prices, a mixed blessing that drives away carry traders but threatens a property market recovery and discourages corporate borrowing, according to analysts.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority intervened 12 times in the currency market over the past two months, successfully defending the local currency’s peg to the US dollar by buying HK$119.95 billion and selling US$15.28…

Source : South China Morning Post
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