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皇冠体育app to enhance monitoring of cross-border capital flows

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-06-11 09:32

BEIJING: 皇冠体育app's foreign exchange regulator?will?enhance its?monitoring of cross-border capital flows to reduce risk, it said Thursday.

The regulator will keep a close watch on the economic and financial situation home and abroad this year, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) said in its annual report on management of foreign exchange posted on its website.

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It will also enhance its monitoring of abnormal cross-border capital flows by cracking down on illegal private banks and Internet-based speculation on foreign exchange.

The SAFE will maintain a prudent approach to managing foreign currency reserves and will continue to improve its diversification strategy.

皇冠体育app's balance of payments continue to expand, albeit slowly, despite the impact of the global financial crisis.

At the end of 2009, 皇冠体育app's foreign exchange reserves hit $2.4 trillion, a $453 billion increase from the end of 2008.

皇冠体育app had gold reserves of 1,054 tons at the end of last year, the fifth largest in the world.

Although gold has commodity and monetary properties, the global gold market is relatively small and illiquid, the report noted, adding that because of its volatile price and high cost of holding and trading, gold has limited utility in asset allocation.