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This paper critically evaluates the policy literature surrounding China's exchange rate regime. It first discusses … several popularly raised contentions in relation to the dollar peg employed by China, which in fact are poorly grounded in … deficit. The paper then describes a consensus position that has emerged which argues that China should abandon the peg in …
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The RMB exchange rate policy follows a ``two-pillar'' rule, with the market pillar reflecting foreign exchange market condition and the basket pillar stabilizing RMB index. This paper documents a clear pattern of regime-switching in the policy coefficients on these two pillars. Particularly, the...
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The increasing size and concentration of official foreign exchange reserves after years of continued expansion, especially since the Asian crisis, have led to renewed interest in the way reserve management decisions are taken and in their possible impact on financial markets. Reserve management...
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In recent years, issues related to the management of foreign exchange reserves have gained prominence, and reserve management practices have evolved rapidly. Against this background, the Monetary and Economic Department of the Bank for International Settlements organised an ad hoc meeting of...
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This report identifies a set of policy lessons for China today drawn from the experience of financial deregulation … exercise. Based on the Scandinavian experience and the added complexity of China's status as a transition economy, financial …
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Non-financial corporations are institutional units whose main function is producing commercial goods or non-financial services. A quasi-corporation is also considered a non-financial corporation. Although quasi-corporations have not yet completed the legal requirements to become corporations,...
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Emerging market economies (EMEs) have increased their reserves holdings primarily for self-insurance. The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has accumulated its foreign exchange (FX) reserves for the same reason, recognising the need to reduce external vulnerability. Both debt issuance and the...
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Exploitable opportunities within the currency market exist and as such, for those clients who are comfortable with the inherent risks associated with this investment opportunity, they should consider allocating a portion of their risk budget to this area of the market. Active currency...
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constitute long-term appreciation expectations on yuan and yen, which have made China and Japan vulnerable to U.S. interest rate … cuts and appreciation expectation shocks. For both China and Japan - at different points of time - self-fulfilling runs …, speculative bubbles and post-bubble secular stagnation. To prevent a similar scenario for China capital controls, a tighter …
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