The PBOC, under reform-minded governor Yi Gang, has been trying to give market forces a greater role in steering the yuan, part of longer-term reforms to make it a more international currency, they said. Policymakers fear rapid yuan gains could lure more speculative money into everything from property, to stocks and commodities, fuelling asset bubbles, with any sudden reversal of the inflows potentially harming the economy.
They also worry about the impact on Chinese exports, which remain strong for now but could lose steam in the second half of the year as factories in other countries recover from the pandemic. Too much appreciation will be unfavorable for financial stability and unfavourable for exports.
The yuan is hovering near a three-year high against the dollar, and has recouped pretty much all its losses since the start of the Sino-U. It is also near its strongest level versus a basket of trading partners since Actively scan device characteristics for identification.
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The latter depiction seems to be particularly apt when it comes to explaining the gyrations between the Chinese yuan and the U. A great deal is at stake here. An Economic Miracle. China commenced its transition to a global powerhouse in , as Deng Xiaoping ushered in sweeping economic reforms. In fact, based on purchasing power parity - which adjusts for differences in currency rates - China may pull ahead of the U. A significant chunk of these exports goes to the U.
The tremendous expansion in economic ties between the U. China Trade War. In , The Trump administration, which has routinely accused China of manipulating its currency to boost its exports, launched a series of tariffs against Chinese imports.
China retaliated with tariffs of its own on U. On August 5th, , China lowered the value of the Yuan below its 7 to 1 peg against the dollar in response to a new series of U. China does not have a floating exchange rate that is determined by market forces, as is the case with most advanced economies.
Instead it pegs its currency, the yuan or renminbi , to the U. The yuan was pegged to the greenback at 8. By keeping the yuan at artificially low levels, China makes its exports more competitive in the global marketplace. China achieves this by pegging the yuan to the U. China over the past 10 years has recognised the geopolitical merits of attaining reserve currency status — and this is likely to continue. Broadly, the bargain has worked, although much more needs to be done in advancing domestic market reforms.
Further developments will ensue — even though it will be many years before China can come close to its long-term aim of toppling American currency supremacy.
Once again — as after the Asia crisis — international fears that the Chinese would attempt to seek a competitive advantage through currency devaluation have been scotched. Allegations that Beijing was manipulating the currency to maintain undervaluation may have been true in the past — but the period of steep foreign currency reserve accumulation ended in The pace of appreciation will slow — but the legacy is likely to prove long-lived.
It offers investors a positive interest rate and the prospect of some currency gain. The economy expanded 4. The risk for is that, as the Covid effect fades, market participants could cease to regard the renminbi as a one-way bet and the currency could fall again as it did in and In tandem with this foreign currency fund-raising, the PBoC has been enacting measures since August to boost allocation of renminbi assets to foreign investors. A well-functioning liquid domestic bond market is a prerequisite for further currency internationalisation — an area where China has much ground to make up.
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