Hong Kong Property Doom Doesn’t Begin at a 1% Rate: Gadfly

The prime rate stands at 5 percent at HSBC Holdings Plc, Hong Kong’s biggest bank. A typical Hong Kong home loan may be priced at Hibor plus 1.4 percent, for example, with a ceiling at prime minus 2.85 percent. Three months ago, the one-month rate stood …
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