The Hong Kong Monetary Authority lowered the benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 4%

Zhitongcaijing · 3d ago

The Zhitong Finance App learned that on December 11, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority announced that the basic interest rate was set at 4.00% according to the preset formula, with immediate effect. In response to the US lowering the federal funds rate target range of 25 basis points on December 10 (US time), the lower limit of the current US federal funds rate target range plus 50 basis points is 4.00%, while the average value of the 5-day moving average for overnight and one-month Hong Kong interbank interest rates is 2.39%, so according to the preset formula, the base interest rate is set at 4.00%.

The base interest rate is the base interest rate used to calculate the discount rate applied when making a repurchase transaction through the discount window. Currently, the basic interest rate is set at the lower limit of the current US federal funds rate target range plus 50 basis points, or the average of the 5-day moving average of overnight and 1-month Hong Kong interbank interest rates, whichever is higher.