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Offshore yuan strengthens

The Chinese yuan rose sharply against the US dollar on Thursday, taking advantage of the uncertainty of US fiscal policies and displaying the capability of Chinese monitory regulators to stabilize the currency.

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Yuan has "characteristics of stable, strong currency"

Yi Gang, deputy governor of the People's Bank of China, the central bank, told Xinhua News Agency late Sunday that the yuan remains a stable and strong currency in the global monetary system, and it cannot be ruled out that the US dollar could drop.

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Has anyone seen India's Central Bank Governor?

​As India undergoes the world’s biggest currency overhaul in decades, one official is noticeably absent: central bank Governor Urjit Patel.

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Nepalese PM calls up Modi over India's demonetization

​Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has called up his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, requesting him to provide exchange facility for demonetized Indian currency notes in circulation in Nepal, the prime minister's office said here.

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White paper on Puercoin released in Hong Kong

The press conference of PEB (Puercoin): White Paper on Digital Currency with Standard System & Global Exchange and Settlement System of Digital Currency was successfully held in Hong Kong on Nov. 9, 2016.

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China no currency manipulator, Obama Treasury says for last time

The Treasury Department for the final time during President Barack Obama’s tenure declined to label China a currency manipulator, in an implicit rejection of Republican nominee Donald Trump’s hard-line approach to the world’s second-biggest economy.

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Pound hammered after Hollande promises tough stance on Brexit

​But visiting British Parliamentary Under Secretary at the Dept for International Trade, says in Hong Kong that currency has “probably been too high anyway” and is now correcting

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China's yuan joins elite club of IMF reserve currencies

China's yuan joins the International Monetary Fund's basket of reserve currencies on Saturday in a milestone for the government's campaign for recognition as a global economic power.

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China' s RMB embarks on new journey towards global reserve status

China' s currency, the renminbi (RMB), is breaking the financial world' s ultimate glass ceiling and embarking on a new journey towards global reserve status when it formally joins the elite currency club of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Saturday.

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China's yuan heads for global currency status

​The founding of the first renminbi (RMB) clearing bank in the United States and the yuan's imminent formal inclusion in an elite reserve currency basket are the RMB's latest victories on the way to becoming a global currency.

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Chinese currency to join IMF basket Oct 1

The Chinese yuan will be officially available for loans and repayments for members of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Oct 1, as previously scheduled, according to the international financial organization.

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Japan, S. Korea will begin talks for new currency swap pact

Japan and South Korea have agreed to start negotiations for a new currency swap arrangement, to replace the one that expired in February 2015 amid deteriorating bilateral relations.

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Bitcoin plunges after hacking of exchange in Hong Kong

The digital currency Bitcoin plunged Wednesday after Bitfinex, an exchange based in Hong Kong, said it had been hacked and funds stolen.

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Yuan's rebound eases depreciation concerns

A sharp rebound in the strength of Chinese currency the yuan has mitigated worries of further depreciation and shored up the credibility of an exchange rate system that is becoming more market-based.

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Markets yet to come to grips with “Trump risk”

In mid-March, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), part of the sister company to The Economist magazine, published its latest list of risks facing the global economy.

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PBOC, MAS renew bilateral currency swap arrangement

​The People's Bank of China (PBOC) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Tuesday announced the renewal of the existing bilateral currency swap arrangement (BCSA) for a further term of three years.

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New Plaza Accord "unrealistic": PBOC vice governor

​There has never been a plan among G20 members to reach a deal similar to the Plaza Accord and such a plan is unrealistic, said Yi Gang, vice governor of China's central bank.