China Macroeconomics & Academia

Christopher Balding

Macroeconomics

<p>Foreign exchange reserves in China continued to fall in august, though at a slow pace. Reserves decreased to $3.19 trillion in August, a $15.89 billion drop. This decrease is small compared to a year ago, when reserves fell by $93.93 billion from July to August. Reserves have remained largely unchanged in 2016, though figures in August were the lowest since December 2011.</p><figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/014/298/original/Figure%201.jpg?1475822687" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="14298"></figure><p>Looking at Chinese reserves in terms of non-USD currencies helps explain both the downward trend since 2014 and the more…</p>

Foreign exchange reserves in China continued to fall in august, though at a slow pace. Reserves decreased to $3.19 trillion in August, a $15.89 billion drop. This decrease is small compared to a year ago, when reserves fell by $93.93 billion from July to August. Reserves have remained largely unchanged in 2016, though figures in August were the lowest since December 2011.Looking at Chinese reserves in terms of non-USD currencies helps explain both the downward trend since 2014 and the more…

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What's Happening with Chinese FX Reserves?