By Vivek Kumar China’s central bank opted to keep its key lending rates steady during its routine monthly assessment on Monday, with the one-year loan prime rate (LPR) holding at 3.45 per cent and the five-year LPR at 3.95 per cent. This move follows China’s recent introduction of significant measures aimed at stabilizing its troubled property market. These measures included injecting an additional 1 trillion yuan into the market and easing mortgage regulations to stimulate housing demand, as announced by the central bank. Despite a stronger-than-expected economic growth at the beginning of th…