China's exports growth narrowed from previous drops in October while imports accelerated growth, however weak global demand might weigh on future trade growth. Exports measured in yuan fell 3.2 percent year on year in October, a slower ...
Tags: trade surplus, exports growth
Chinese yuan or renminbi (RMB) has been included into the basket of special drawing right (SDR) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) since Oct 1, marking a milestone in the internationalization of the RMB. Here are seven things you need ...
Tags: SDR Inclusion, RMB
China will create more schemes offering Renminbi (RMB) convertibility in free trade zones in 2016, an official with the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) has said. Guo Song said authorities will make the moves, designed to ...
Tags: Capital Market, SDR basket
The decision by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to confer the reserve currency status on China's renminbi (RMB), "is good news," a former Chilean diplomat said. "It's good news because it acknowledges the role that the Chinese ...
Tags: RMB's Upgrade, Reserve Currency
China will continue to support the inclusion of the RMB in the IMF Special Drawing Right (SDR) basket and push ahead with capital account liberalization and the internationalization of RMB, according to a proposal unveiled Tuesday. The ...
Tags: Capital Market, CPC
China's central bank has devalued the yuan by almost 2 per cent - its lowest rate against the US dollar in almost three years. The People's Bank of China (POBC) said the decision to devalue the yuan by 1.9 per cent was a "one-off ...
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South Korea, which sends around a quarter of its exports to China, is one of the few countries in the world to run a trade surplus with the Asian giant. Both countries want more of this trade to be done in yuan, which would make trade ...
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A senior Chinese central bank official said Thursday that the country is "actively communicating" with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the possibility of including Chinese currency yuan, or RMB, in the basket of the Special Drawing ...
Tags: SDR Basket, Chinese currency