One argument for floating the Chinese renminbi (RMB) is to insulate China's monetary policy from the US effect. However … US dollar, China has alternative measures to retain its policy independence and de-link its interest rates from the US … rate. In other words, the argument for a flexible RMB to insulate China's monetary policy from the US effect is not …

We study the empirical determinants of China's capital flight. In addition to the covered interest differential, our … regression exercise shows that China's capital flight is quite well explained by its own history and covered interest … differentials. The other possible determinants offer relatively small additional explanatory power. It is also found that China …

On August 11 2015, China revamped its procedure of setting the official central parity of the renminbi (RMB) against … the US dollar. Our empirical investigation shows that the intertemporal dynamics of China’s central parity are not the … for the RMB exchange rate against the currency basket revealed by China in December 2015 in the fixing process. …