Countermeasures of China to Curb Yuan in 2017
January, 05 2017
Yuan rallied this year especially the offshore trading and China is creating its contingency plan to curb the capital outflows for 2017. The offshore yuan climbed 0.9 percent to 6.8958 against U.S. dollar which is the highest increment since January 2016.
This plan was thought to counter recovering U.S. dollar while country’s capital outflow increases. Moreover, the ongoing threat from changes in U.S. policies regarding exports under Trump’s presidency. China might also sell U.S. Treasuries this year if necessary to secure the currency. This is predicted to expand the supply for foreign exchange within the onshore market and in return would support yuan in the short term.
