Tag: Chinese currency

The Vacuum Effect of the US Dollar

Commentary April 2022 will go down in history as a milestone that has only been seen on three previous occasions since 1973; it’s a month in which the S&P500 Index and U.S. Treasuries have fallen at the same time, 5 percent and 2 percent, respectively. Additionally, the U.S. dollar has appreciated against the main currencies…


Which Way for China’s Yuan?

Commentary The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) is in a bind. On the one hand, the country’s leadership wants to make the yuan a global currency by 2050, replacing the dollar as the world’s preferred reserve currency and primary medium for world trade. On the other hand, China remains very much an export-oriented economy that…


Beyond the Dollar: China’s Plan to Replace US Treasuries

News Analysis Beijing experienced limited success in its quest to overtake the U.S. dollar as the global trade currency. But it may have an easier time convincing the world of its government bonds as an investment alternative to U.S. treasuries. So far in 2021, Chinese government bonds have far exceeded the performance of their U.S….