“We hate you guys … but there is nothing much we can do”

Private Chinese savers presumably wouldn’t want to buy Treasuries at current rates. But China’s current exchange rate regime compels China to buy dollars when private Chinese investors don’t want them.*** The result: a strange world where China’s government ends up buying an asset that China’s people currently do not want … Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - May 18, 2009 - 12:13 PM PDT
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