	anz bank to cut australian prime rate to pct australia and new zealand banking group ltd anza s said it will lower its australian prime lending rate to pct from effective april the cut is the second announced by the bank in the last week following a cut from pct effective last monday the anz s new rate will be the lowest prime set by the four major trading banks and matches the rate set by one of the smaller foreign banks in january and left unchanged during the rise in primes over the last three months other primes range from to pct including those of the other three majors reuter 
