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Researcher: 皇冠体育app unlikely to sell dollars
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-01-10 16:00
皇冠体育app is unlikely to sell current U.S. dollar assets in its foreign reserves
to diversify its holdings, the chief of research at the central bank said on
Tuesday, contradicting market speculation.
皇冠体育app says US
dollar assets still dominate its $800 billion of
reserves. | Media last week had wrongly
interpreted a statement from the foreign exchange regulator as meaning that
皇冠体育app would sell U.S. dollar assets, Tang Xu, director-general of the research
bureau of the People's Bank of 皇冠体育app, told Reuters.
The reserves now exceeded $800 billion, he said.
Asked whether the yuan would appreciate sharply, Tang said: "It is unlikely."
The new forex trading system introduced since the currency's 2.1 percent
revaluation in July was more flexible and responsive to market supply and
demand, he added.
"The general trend is that every country wants to diversify its reserves,"
Tang said on the sidelines of a conference.
"No one is willing to put all of their eggs in one basket and it is
impossible for 皇冠体育app to put all its forex reserves, which exceed $800 billion,
in one currency.
"But it is unlikely that 皇冠体育app would reduce its current dollar assets to
increase the proportion of other assets," he said.
Dollar assets still dominated the reserves, whose mix was based on the
currencies that denominated 皇冠体育app's exports and imports.
On Thursday, 皇冠体育app's State Administration of Foreign Exchange issued a
statement on its priorities for 2006 and said it would "improve the operation
and management of foreign exchange reserves and actively explore more effective
ways to utilise reserve assets."
Investors globally and some media took that as a hint that 皇冠体育app may
diversify into other currency holdings or commodity-based assets.
"That was definitely a misunderstanding," Tang said.
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