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China's yuan joins IMF reserves in first revision since 1999




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China's yuan joins IMF reserves in first revision since 1999


Submitted by cpowell on 02:04PM ET Sunday, October 2, 2016. Section: Daily Dispatches
By Robin Ganguly
Bloomberg News
Saturday, October 1, 2016
The yuan took on the mantle of a global reserve currency Saturday, a milestone that is seen breathing life into China's bond markets by prompting estimated inflows of as much as $1 trillion over the next five years.
The currency's entry into the International Monetary Fund's Special Drawing Rights -- alongside the dollar, euro, pound, and the yen -- comes amid China's efforts to boost its international usage and ambitions of providing an alternative to the dollar. Describing the inclusion as a "historic milestone," IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said in a statement Friday that it reflects the progress that the Asian country has made in reforming its financial systems and liberalizing markets.
"SDR entry will pave the way for closer interaction between China's capital market and that of the rest of the world,' Tommy Xie, an economist at Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. in Singapore, said on Saturday. "The first impact will be on the yuan, which the authorities are likely to keep stable for the next few weeks as any sudden volatility spike will damp the yuan's image." ...
... For the remainder of the report:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/ articles/2016-10-01/china-s-yu an-joins-imf...

 
 





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