China Looks to Buy American
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China, increasingly being called upon to more rapidly adjust the growth of the yuan against the dollar, is looking to expand its investment in US assets as a way to funnel its powerhouse currency out of the country, Bloomberg reports today. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson visits Beijing Wednesday for a third round of strategic trade talks, and will push yuan appreciation as a consumer price control measure.
China “needs to be looking to opportunities provided by the weakening US dollar,” said one Chinese economist; one national fund has said it will be a "stabilizing force" amid the credit crisis. The US, meanwhile, hopes a stronger yuan will help US exports to China, where inflation hit 6.5% in October. The yuan is up 12% against the dollar since 2005.
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Bloomberg
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