China Steps Up Easing With Second Rate Cut in Three Months

China’s central bank cut benchmark interest rates for the second time in three months as disinflation gives room to step up support for the nation’s slowing economy.

The one-year deposit rate will be lowered by 25 basis points to 2.5 percent and the one-year lending rate will also drop by a quarter percentage point to 5.35 percent on March 1, the Beijing-based People’s Bank of China said on its website late Saturday.