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Background Note
| HBS Case Collection
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2011
(Revised from original 2011 version)
China and the Yuan-Dollar Exchange Rate
by
Aldo Musacchio
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Abstract
This note explains how the People's Bank of China (PBOC) manages (some say manipulate) the dollar-yuan exchange rate. It discusses briefly the process of sterilization in China and the possible costs for the PBOC. Therefore, the note summarizes some of the main challenges the PBOC faces to contain inflation in China and to keep Chinese exports competitive.
Keywords: Currency Exchange Rate;
China;