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08:04, July 25, 2007 |
Chinese economists have warned that the continued yuan revaluation in a single direction may adversely affect the country''s economic and financial security, as they saw the yuan kept going higher at a faster pace since the beginning of this year mainly due to outside pressure.
The Chinese currency, the yuan, had been rising in small steps during the first year after the central bank dropped the peg to the U.S. dollar in July 2005 and linked the yuan to a basket of foreign currencies.
The driving force behind the yuan appreciation then was the economic growth itself and the progress in the financial sector, said Tan Yaling, a research analyst with the Bank of China.
However, in 2006 and 2007, the yuan picked up in the speed of appreciation, becoming the prey of global investors and speculators.
Meanwhile, the yuan is getting more closely related to the performance of the U.S. dollar. The central parity price of the yuan would go up against the weak dollar, and the pressure of appreciation would be relieved when the dollar rebounded.
China is under great pressure to revaluate its currency as the U.S. blamed China''s currency controls for a bulging trade gap between the two countries, saying the yuan was undervalued to give Chinese exporters an unfair price advantage.
China''s central bank announced in May to allow the yuan to fluctuate against the U.S. dollar by 0.5 percent a day, up from the previous 0.3 percent, in a bid to make the currency more flexible.
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