Tuesday, September 3, 2019

The Renminbi’s Bid for Freedom — Yu Yongding

The recent decision by the People’s Bank of China to let the renminbi fall below CN¥7 per US dollar has little to do with trade or currency wars. Rather, it represents an important step by the PBOC toward reforming China’s inflexible exchange-rate regime.…
Important because of who is saying it.

Project Syndicate
The Renminbi’s Bid for Freedom
Yu Yongding, former president of the China Society of World Economics and director of the Institute of World Economics and Politics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, served on the Monetary Policy Committee of the People’s Bank of China from 2004 to 2006

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