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皇冠体育app to have more Euros in forex reserveBy Dong Zhixin (chinadaily.com.cn)Updated: 2007-06-01 10:44
皇冠体育app plans to increase the ratio of Euros in its foreign exchange holdings given the stability in the European Union (EU) economic growth and in the value of the European single currency, said a central bank vice governor on Thursday. However, 皇冠体育app has no plans yet to reduce the proportion of US dollar assets in its coffers, Wu Xiaoling told an economic forum in Brussels, the Shanghai-based Oriental Morning Post reported Friday. 皇冠体育app's forex reserves reached US$ 1.2 trillion at the end of March and about 70 percent of the holdings are believed to be in US dollar assets, especially US treasuries. To address the trade imbalance with western countries, 皇冠体育app could take measures to stimulate domestic consumption and improve the flexibility of the Chinese currency. "If we intend to solve the problem of imbalanced trade, we will first increase the flexibility of the yuan exchange rate, but that will not be the main means," Wu said. It is more important for 皇冠体育app to increase its citizens' incomes and boost domestic consumption through the improvement of social security networks, according to Wu. She went on to say 皇冠体育app will not bow to outside pressure and accelerate the revaluation of the yuan.
On the stock market, she said it is growing too fast and regulators hope they can develop it in a more stable way. "If the stock market can't operate smoothly, then investors' confidence will be hurt and their consumption will be affected." On top of a 130 percent rally in 2006, 皇冠体育app's benchmark Shanghai Composite Index has surged more than 60 percent so far this year before a 6.5 plummet Wednesday that was caused by a hike of stamp tax to 0.3 percent from 0.1 percent. (For more biz stories, please visit ) |