Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/46496 
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Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 3254
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
On 19 June 2010 the Chinese authorities announced that the renminbi (RMB) was henceforth to be pegged to a currency basket. Yet, it has quite closely followed the USD, though having appreciated by 2.7 % by the time of writing. At the G20 Seoul Summit on 11-12 November 2010, China committed to further reform the RMB exchange rate regime. We discuss here what a genuine basket peg could mean for China, with the view that the weight for the EUR should obviously be significantly increased, the SDR being a strong option for practical implementation. This would also have a positive impact on the EU. China's currency reform has possible implications for its USD-dominated assets. Their reduction could trigger a further depreciation of the USD. The potentially costly consequences call for new rules for the world financial architecture. China's expansion will inevitably lead to a diminishing international role for the USD.
Subjects: 
China
renminbi
yuan
basket peg
foreign exchange rates
JEL: 
F30
F31
F33
F42
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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