Decoding The Different Logic Of RMB Depreciation

< p > in early 2014, the RMB reversed against the US dollar since the fourth quarter of last year, with a slight depreciation and accelerated devaluation after the Spring Festival.

Since the beginning of 2014, the RMB has depreciated by 1.5% against the US dollar, which has depreciated by 1.3% after the Spring Festival.

According to the data of the safe, in January 2014, the sales of foreign exchange on behalf of the banks amounted to 76 billion 300 million US dollars, which is at a relatively high historical level. It shows that capital inflows are more, but why is the RMB depreciating? < /p >

In the first half of 2012 and the middle of 2013, the RMB depreciated against the US dollar in the first half of 2012 and the middle of the year. At that time, the background of China and abroad was the downward pressure on China's economy and the tightening of overseas liquidity.

Compared with the first two times, we believe that this round of RMB depreciation is not a purely endogenous factor.

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＜p＞　　从＜a href="//www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_cj.asp"＞内生性＜/a＞因素分析，首先，通常中国经济增速放缓之时，人民币＜a href="//www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_cj.asp"＞汇率＜/a＞呈现升值放缓或贬值的态势，自2013年12月以来，中国经济增速放缓趋势较为明显，并持续到2014年前两个月，同时叠加地方政府债务问题、房地产和影子银行问题，加大了海外投资者对中国经济“硬着陆”的担忧，加之贸易顺差季节性规模下降，都会推动人民币汇率贬值;其次，年初以来，国内流动性整体宽松，特别是春节过后现金回流导致流动性较为充裕，市场收益率下行明显，导致国内外利差收窄，投机资金套利空间减少，也引发部分资金流出，助推人民币贬值;最后，从海外流动性分析，美联储持续削减QE规模，引发部分新兴经济体汇率大幅贬值，虽未对中国形成规模化资本流出的影响，但海

The decline in risk preference of foreign investors may lead to a more secure asset preference for developed economies.

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< p > but endogenous factors can not fully explain the depreciation of < a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_cj.asp" > RMB exchange rate < /a > since 2014.

In the course of the first two rounds of RMB devaluation, the expectation of depreciation based on the overseas RMB NDF is rising rapidly. From the end of 2013 to the beginning of 2014, the devaluation of the RMB is always at a low level.

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< p > in analyzing the framework of RMB exchange rate, an indispensable factor is the attitude of the central bank to the exchange rate and possible market intervention.

Although we can not accurately judge whether this round of RMB devaluation is from the open data, the central bank intends to do so, but we generally believe that the current situation of RMB depreciation is favorable to the central bank.

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On the one hand, on the one hand, the appreciation of the renminbi in the early stage caused a large amount of "hot money" inflow. The central bank's actions to prevent the RMB's excessive appreciation and passively put in a large amount of liquidity were contrary to the policy of maintaining a tight neutral monetary policy.

At the same time, the moderate depreciation of the RMB will help to reduce the risk free profit margins of cross-border arbitrage funds and reduce the "hot money" inflow. On the other hand, after the rapid appreciation of the RMB at the end of 2013, the moderate depreciation of the RMB exchange rate will help to break the pre appreciation period of RMB appreciation and raise the elasticity of RMB exchange rate, so as to provide necessary conditions for further relaxing the floating range of exchange rate, realizing two-way fluctuation and promoting the market-oriented reform of exchange rate.

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< p > based on the above analysis, we believe that the RMB exchange rate will continue to depreciate or fluctuate in the short term. However, from the medium to long term analysis, China still has current account surplus, huge stock of foreign exchange reserves and capital account control, and the pressure of net inflow of foreign exchange funds may exist for a long time. The implementation of comprehensive deepening reform will help enhance the confidence of the international community in China's economy, and China is still an important investment destination for global capital. The continuous promotion of RMB internationalization also needs stable and relatively strong RMB exchange rate.

On the whole, we expect that the RMB will continue to appreciate slowly in 2014.

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