Capital controls
Emerging market liquidity faces capital charge crossroads
Hedge funds and market-makers need a more capital-efficient way to trade EM currencies, argues SGX exec
Crypto assets may force central banks into policy synchronisation
Paper examines the impact a global crypto asset would have on the “impossible trinity”
Argentina’s currency controls help stabilise peso and reserves
Uncertainty about the fiscal policies of the incoming president is contributing to falling bond prices
Argentina tightens currency controls following Macri’s defeat
Left-wing opposition leader Alberto Fernandez wins October 27 presidential elections
HKMA dismisses cash limit rumours as tensions escalate
Emergency laws will not affect cash withdrawal or capital flows, HKMA says
Argentina reimposes currency controls as peso plummets
Authorities aim to stem depreciation of peso, which has fallen 23.9% against dollar since August 11
China's FX reserves rise in March
The $8.3bn increase is a slight turnaround from February’s decline
China’s FX reserves drop for first time in 13 months
PBoC figures show $27bn decrease from a month earlier, driven by exchange rate movements
China’s FX reserves rise for twelfth month
PBoC figures show $21.5 billion increase, bringing total reserves stockpile to highest level since September 2016
Bundesbank to include renminbi in reserves
Onshore renminbi jumps to strongest level against the dollar for more than two years, following comment from Germany’s central bank
China reportedly tweaks yuan fix
Markets reacted by selling the yuan, which fell 0.5% against the US dollar to 6.5291 from 6.4968 on Tuesday – its biggest drop in two months
China’s FX reserves reach highest level since September 2016
PBoC figures show $20 billion increase, bringing total reserves stockpile to 14-month high
China FX reserves rise 10 months in a row
PBoC figures show $10 billion increase, bringing total reserves stockpile to 13-month high
China FX reserves rise for ninth consecutive month
PBoC figures show $700 million increase, bringing total reserves stockpile to 12-month high
US Treasury declines to brand China a currency manipulator
In its second report on FX policies since Donald Trump took office, the US Treasury only criticises China, despite campaign promise
China FX reserves rise for eighth month running as yuan fortifies
PBoC figures show $17bn increase, bringing total stockpile of reserves to 11-month high
IMF warns China over limited progress on reform
Fund notes the challenges posed by the “impossible trinity” are becoming apparent and need to be addressed
China FX reserves rise for sixth consecutive month
PBoC figures show $24 billion increase, bringing the total stockpile of reserves to a nine-month high
China FX reserves rise for fifth consecutive month
PBoC figures show $3.22 billion increase, resulting in fifth monthly reading above $3 trillion
China FX reserves rise for fourth consecutive month
PBoC figures show $24 billion increase, resulting in fourth monthly reading above $3 trillion
China FX reserves rise for a third straight month
PBoC figures show increase of $20.4 billion, resulting in the third consecutive monthly reading above $3 trillion