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The Growing Case For Reserve Diversification

April 2006 | Market Strategy

Debate over the future direction of the China's forex reserve policy is intensifying. Any alteration in reserve accumulation and investment policies will have significant financial market and macroeconomic impacts. Currently, Chinese forex reserves are largely invested in corporate, government and international financial institution bonds, with US Treasuries accounting for some US$262.6bn of China's total reserve holdings as of January 2006.

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