新闻报报看 | 国家银行今年第二度议息结果出炉，一如市场预期，宣布按兵不动，将隔夜政策利率OPR维持在3%。国行上一次升息，是在去年5月份，从2.75%调高25个基点至3%，而之后直到现在的5场议息会议，都维持利率在3%。（主播：梁宝仪、黄宇恒）
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00:00 The second round of interest rates in the national bank this year is out of the debt,
00:03 and as expected, the market announced that it would not move,
00:07 and that the interest rate of the OPR will be maintained at 3%.
00:11 The last time the national bank raised interest rates was in May last year,
00:14 from 2.75% to 25 points, to 3%.
00:19 And since then, the five-day interest rate meeting has maintained interest rates at 3%.
00:25 The national bank issued a statement today that the current monetary policy position
00:28 is still sufficient to support economic growth
00:31 and meets the assessment results of the current inflation and economic prospects.
00:35 The Monetary Policy Committee will remain vigilant about the latest market situation
00:40 and will ensure that the monetary policy position continues to benefit economic growth
00:44 in a stable price.
00:47 The national bank has reiterated its recent decline in interest rates.
00:51 With the current economic fundamentals and growth prospects of our country,
00:55 the interest rate of the OPR has indeed been underestimated.
00:57 The government and the national bank have already taken coordinated actions
01:01 to further encourage government-related companies and government-related investment companies
01:06 to convert foreign investment income into foreign currency.
01:10 These actions can drive capital flow back,
01:13 while further supporting the stable growth of foreign currency.
01:15 The national bank said that in terms of mid-term development,
01:18 the government's continued structural reorganization can also stabilize foreign currency.
01:22 With the five-day interest rate meeting,
01:25 the OPR has maintained a 3% level of growth.
01:29 This is also in line with the market survey results of 31 economists from Bloomberg.
01:35 Although China's inflation rate has fallen from 4.7% in August 2022
01:40 to 1.5% in January this year,
01:44 economists predict that the price pressure in the second half of this year will rise.
01:49 Therefore, the national bank is unlikely to cut interest rates.
01:53 It is worth mentioning that economists even believe that
01:56 the current 3% interest rate level will last at least two years to 2026.
02:04 Zada Bank believes that the national bank is unlikely to support the interest rate by cutting interest rates,
02:08 because this will not help our country's economic prospects and inflation.
02:13 The interest rate trend is weak and further restricts the national bank's cut interest rates
02:17 to support the country's economic growth.
02:20 With the national bank firmly maintaining the interest rate,
02:23 this measure seems to help stabilize the currency exchange rate,
02:26 making it one of the leading currencies in the Asian new market today.
02:31 The dollar fell once in February to a 4.8-dollar level,
02:36 and even faced a risk of falling to the lowest 4.885-dollar level in history.
02:41 However, the dollar is back to a level above 4.7 today.
02:46 As of 4 p.m. this afternoon, the dollar rose 0.66% to 4.699,
02:53 and the new dollar rose 0.47% to 3.5165.
02:59 But I don't know if the dollar is really over the risk of a strong rebound,
03:06 or just a flash in the pan.
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