China's money rates mixed on week, sharply down for 2015 following record easing

By Nathaniel Taplin SHANGHAI, Dec 31 (Reuters) - China's primary money rates were mixed on the week and sharply down on the year, following a series of sharp guidance cuts in the second quarter which pushed the benchmark seven-day repurchase (repo) rate down 300 basis points from March to May, and four cuts to banks' reserve requirement ratio (RRR). The volume-weighted average rate of the seven-day repo traded in the interbank market, considered the best indicator of general liquidity in