Richmond Fed Magazine Econ Focus Reports on the Debate Over Chinese Currency Policy
(firmenpresse) - RICHMOND, VA -- (Marketwired) -- 08/15/13 -- Many economists and policymakers believe that China keeps its currency artificially cheap to help its export industries. But there is much less agreement on how the policy affects the United States. If China's currency policy has hurt U.S. exporters, it has also benefited our consumers. Moreover, with a more expensive Chinese currency, would we simply import from other low-cost producers instead? And is China's currency, in fact, still substantially undervalued? The in the latest issue of (formerly Region Focus) looks at these and other questions about currency manipulation.
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Econ Focus is the economics magazine of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. It covers economic issues affecting the Fifth Federal Reserve District (the District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and most of West Virginia) and the nation.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
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