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Asian economies cut rates, move to blunt impact of virus

by AP Business Writer
| February 6, 2020 8:30 AM

BANGKOK (AP) — Central banks in the Philippines and Thailand have cut their benchmark interest rates as China's neighbors seek ways to soften the impact of measures to contain a virus outbreak that has killed more than 560 people.

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