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Hong Kong's cenbank raises interest rate after Fed hike, HSBC keeps rate unchanged
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO-Eddie Yue Wai-man, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) poses for a picture during an interview with Reuters in Hong Kong, China November 4, 2022. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
HONG KONG (Reuters) -The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) raised its base rate charged through the overnight discount window by 25 basis points to 5.0% on Thursday, hours after the U.S. Federal Reserve delivered a rate hike of the same margin.
Hong Kong's monetary policy moves in lock-step with the United States as the city's currency is pegged to the greenback in a tight range of 7.75-7.85 per dollar.
"Rate hikes in the U.S. will not affect the financial and monetary stability of Hong Kong," HKMA chief executive Eddie Yue told a media briefing, adding monetary and financial markets continue to operate in a smooth and orderly manner.
In announcing its latest policy decision, the U.S. central bank scaled back to a quarter-percentage-point rate increase after a year of larger hikes and Fed Chair Jerome Powell suggested a "couple" more hikes coming.
"The rate hike cycle in the U.S. has not yet completed, the Hong Kong dollar interbank rates might remain at elevated levels for some time," Yue said.
However, HSBC Holdings (NYSE:HSBC) said it was leaving its best lending rate in Hong Kong unchanged at 5.625%, despite a raise by the city's de facto central bank.
Hong Kong is facing risks from high inflationary pressure and aggressive monetary tightening in advanced economies. Higher borrowing costs and a pessimistic economic outlook have hit asset prices, dragging 2022 private home prices down 15.6% in the first annual drop since 2008.
Cases of negative equity in the city's residential mortgage loans jumped nearly 22 fold in the fourth quarter from the previous one, as home prices continued to fall during the period.
HKMA said the surge in negative equity mortgage cases was "controllable", urging the public to prepare for the likelihood that bank lending rates might go higher and that homebuyers should be prudent in making borrowing decisions.
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