Central bank cuts interest rates to buffer COVID-19 impact

The State Bank of Vietnam SBV will cut its policy rates starting from March 17 in an attempt to support the economy which has been hurt by the COVID 19 outbreak
central bank cuts interest rates to buffer covid 19 impact

Headquarters of the State Bank of Vietnam. (Photo: SBV)

The central bank reduced the benchmark refinance rate to 5% from 6% and the discount rate to 3.4% from 4%, it said in a statement released on March 16.

The overnight lending rate in the inter-bank market was lowered to 6% from 7% and the open-market-operation (OMO) rate, to 3.5% from 4%.

The bank also reduced the caps on the interest rate of Vietnamese Dong-denominated deposits and loans by 0.25 – 0.5 percentage points, depending on the maturities.

The COVID-19 pandemic is evolving complicatedly, leaving negative impact on the global economy, it said, citing the fact that to prevent recession, many foreign governments have adopted economic stimulus policies, one of which is policy rate cuts made by central banks. For example, the US Federal Reserve has slashed its interest rates to 0 – 0.25% to improve the market’s liquidity.

In a meeting last week, SBV Deputy Governor Dao Minh Tu said the reduction of the benchmark interest rate is a solution to help credit institutions with abundant liquidity, thus putting them in a better position to support affected businesses.

The central bank made the last interest rate cut by 0.25 percentage point in September last year.

Source: VNA
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