This paper deals with two related issues: the sustainability of China's exchange rate regime and the opening up of its capital account. The exchange rate discussion deliberately passes over the issue of the "equilibrium" value of the renminbi and its alleged undervaluation - typically at the...

The rise of the renminbi (RMB) as a key currency in international financial markets has been fast. It reflects China's general expansion in the "real" world economy, and its accumulation of official foreign exchange reserves. There is no doubt that the role of the RMB for the global economy will...

This paper reviews the steps that China has taken towards financial reform with a particular focus on capital account liberalisation and internationalisation of the use of the renminbi. After a slowdown in reform momentum during the global financial crisis, there is a clear push towards reform,...

In this paper we study the determinants of gross capital flows, project the size of China's international investment positions in 2020 and analyse the implications for the renminbi real exchange rates. We assume in this exercise that the renminbi will have largely achieved capital account...

This paper deals with two related issues: the sustainability of China's exchange rate regime and the opening up of its capital account. The exchange rate discussion deliberately passes over the issue of the quot;equilibriumquot; value of the renminbi and its alleged undervaluation - typically at...