{"id":139251,"date":"2023-09-21T06:02:24","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T23:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hkma-takes-a-second-break-from-raising-its-base-rate-after-us-feds-hawkish-skip-giving-hong-kongs-businesses-and-borrowers-a-breather\/"},"modified":"2023-09-21T06:18:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T23:18:59","slug":"hkma-takes-a-second-break-from-raising-its-base-rate-after-us-feds-hawkish-skip-giving-hong-kongs-businesses-and-borrowers-a-breather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hkma-takes-a-second-break-from-raising-its-base-rate-after-us-feds-hawkish-skip-giving-hong-kongs-businesses-and-borrowers-a-breather\/","title":{"rendered":"HKMA takes a second break from raising its base rate after US Fed\u2019s \u2018hawkish skip,\u2019 giving Hong Kong\u2019s businesses and borrowers a breather"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nHong Kong kept the city\u2019s base rate unchanged on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve paused its current cycle of inflation-busting increases to assess the impact of higher funding costs on the world\u2019s economy.
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
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