HSBC raising best lending rate to 5.375% after Hong Kong rate hike
12:32 am Thursday, November 03rd, 2022
HONG KONG (Reuters) – HSBC Holdings said on Thursday it is raising its best lending rate in Hong Kong by 25 basis points to 5.375% effective Nov. 4 after the city’s de facto central bank raised the base rate charged through its overnight discount window by 75 basis points.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority earlier on Thursday raised the base rate charged through its overnight discount window to 4.25% from 3.50%.
(Reporting by Donny Kwok; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)
