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IMF Chief Not Concerned on China`s Ability to Defend Currency

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9 October 2018 15:02 WIB

IMF-World Bank Annual Meeting

TEMPO.CO, Nusa Dua - International Monetary Fund (IMF) Chief economist Maurice Obstfeld said on Tuesday, Oct. 9, that he was not concerned about the Chinese government's ability to defend its currency despite the recent depreciation of the yuan.


"No, I don't think it's a problem," Obstfeld said when asked about the issue on the sidelines of a news conference at the IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Bali.

But Obstfeld also told the news conference that Beijing would face a "balancing act" between actions to shore up growth and ensure financial stability.

China's yuan currency has faced strong selling pressure this year, losing over 8 percent between March and August at the height of market worries, though it has since pared losses as authorities stepped up support.

On Tuesday, China's central bank fixed the yuan's official mid-point for trading at 6.9019 per dollar, edging close to the psychologically important 7.0 barrier and helping to send Asian stocks to a 17-month low.

Obstfeld said financial markets have overly emphasized short-term movements in China's currency, adding that the yuan has often quickly recovered from periods of volatility in recent years.

A U.S. Treasury official on Monday repeated that the Trump administration was concerned about the yuan's recent weakening as the department prepares a semi-annual report on currency manipulation due out next week.

"More broadly, we're concerned about China's turn away from more market-oriented policies and continued reliance on non-market mechanisms that impact the macroeconomic and trade environment," the Treasury official said.

Asked about the Treasury official's comments, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said: "We have no intention of promoting exports through the competitive devaluation of our currency, and will not use the renminbi (yuan) exchange rate as a tool to respond to disputes in trade or other areas."

"I also want to say that these types of remarks are just some people making groundless speculation, and they are irresponsible remarks," Lu said at a daily briefing in Beijing.

BALANCING ACT

The IMF has been recommending that Chinese authorities de-emphasize the quantity of growth to focus more on its quality and sustainability to allow the economy to better withstand shocks, Obstfeld said.

The IMF chief economist said that while government officials have been moving to rein in China's credit expansion, it was understandable they would take steps to boost growth in the face of trade tensions with the U.S., and these have impacted short-term economic growth, affecting the yuan.

"They do have to balance those actions against the need to achieve a more stable financial sector, to achieve more deleveraging, and they have to exert better control over local government financing. It's definitely going to be a balancing act for them."

Despite a larger than expected drop in China's foreign exchange reserves in September, the government is still equipped with ample reserves of over $3 trillion. There have been few signs of a spike in capital outflows like those seen in 2015 after a surprise devaluation by the People's Bank of China.

Beijing has put tight capital controls in place to prevent capital flight and the central bank has said it expected the scale of China's foreign exchange reserves to remain stable despite fluctuations. 

REUTERS



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