Sunday, July 22, 2007

China's Yuan Advances on Speculation Currency Policy to Help Cool Growth

(Bloomberg) -- The yuan rose by the most in almost
two weeks on speculation China will pursue a stronger currency to
cool economic growth, after the central bank last week raised
interest rates for the third time since March. Bonds may drop.

A stronger yuan would curb export sales that have flooded
the financial system with cash, driving the fastest pace of
economic expansion in 12 years in the second quarter. The
currency gained 0.4 percent in June as the trade surplus widened
87 percent from a year ago to an all-time high of $26.9 billion.


Read more at Bloomberg Currencies News

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