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  • The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved a Rmb2.485bn ($355m) emergency loan to China. It will be used to upgrade public health infrastructure in Beijing and Chongqing and provide emergency equipment and supplies to the two cities.
  • More than 100 charities and other organisations are urging that developing countries' debt payments be cancelled this year. They have called for interest and principal payments to be withheld from public and private sector lenders.
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    Ukraine’s Privatbank saga has ratcheted up again as the lender filed a new claim, worth $5.5bn, against its former owners.
  • Investors see the rapid wave of downgrades in response to the coronavirus crisis as evidence that rating agencies are “doing their jobs”, compared to their responses during the 2008 financial crisis.
  • The People’s Bank of China announced the much-anticipated cut to the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) by 100bp for small and medium-sized banks last Friday. But in a surprise move, the central bank also dug out an old tool to appease the market after hopes were shattered on a lower benchmark deposit rate.
  • In this round-up, China announces a reserve requirement ratio cut for small banks and a reduction on the interest rate for excess reserves, Bank of Jinzhou will sell some of its assets at a steep discount and the Chinese securities regulator condemns Nasdaq-listed Luckin Coffee for faking its sales record.