Tags : China's Currency Policies

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Is Hong Kong ready for e-HKD?
Hong Kong explores the possibility  to launch the “e-HKD”, a Retail Central Bank Digital Currency (rCBDC) intended for use by the public to circulate as a currency. Although Hong Kong’s population is known for its technological readiness, the Hong Kong authorities, businesses, and the public ...
https://iems.ust.hk/publications/thought-leadership-briefs/tam-yeung-is-hong-kong-ready-for-e-hkd-tlb76
One Currency, Two Markets: China's Attempt to Internationalize the Renminbi ... a Book Launch
Video and presentation slides The video recording will be made public soon on this webpage.  The presentation slides are available here.   About the event In One Currency, Two Markets: China’s Attempt to Internationalize the Renminbi, Professor Edwin Lai of HKUST analyses the ...
https://iems.ust.hk/events/academic-seminar/2021/lai-one-currency-two-markets
One Currency, Two Markets: China’s Attempt to Internationalize the Renminbi
The global financial crisis in 2007-2009 caused a shortage of the US dollar all over the world. This sounded an alarm, reminding China that the dollar-based international monetary system (IMS) could be quite unreliable. In response, China began to accelerate the pace of RMB internationalization so as to eventually ...
https://iems.ust.hk/publications/thought-leadership-briefs/tlb58-lai-one-currency-two-markets-china-s-attempt-to-internationalize-the-renminbi
Garcia-Herrero Warns about Bets on 7 for Renminbi
The Chinese yuan has been under pressure in recent weeks due to the double dip in recent economic data and more importantly, the escalating trade war with the U.S. Since then, the yuan has shown weakness against the U.S. dollar, breaking 6.9 to the USD, but also against major global currencies.  Many believe that ...
https://iems.ust.hk/updates/media-coverage/2019/garcia-herrero-too-many-crowded-bets-on-7-for-yuan-dollar-rate-could-be-dangerous-latintrade
Hong Kong Economic Journal: The Impact of China on the World’s Economy
The Hong Kong Economic Journal featured an op-ed by IEMS’ Edwin Lai on China’s role in the growing volatility of the global markets. To shore up public confidence, Prof Lai asserted that Beijing should take steps to stabilize China’s currency, improve the transparency of its exchange and monetary ...
https://iems.ust.hk/updates/media-coverage/2016/impact-of-china-on-the-worlds-economy-a-commentary-by-iems-edwin-lai-for-hong-kong-economic-journal
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