TREE NEWS update: The People’s Bank of China raised the foreign exchange deposit reserve ratio to prevent one-way rapid appreciation expectations, enhance two-way market flexibility and raise institutions’ risk awareness, said Lian Ping, chairman of the China Chief Economist Forum and dean of the International Finance Research Institute. He described the move as a macroprudential adjustment to exchange-rate volatility and FX liquidity, made as the yuan is relatively strong and foreign exchange supply is ample, intended to guide financial institutions, exporters and individuals to treat currency risk rationally and use hedging tools.
PBOC FX Deposit Reserve Hike Aims to Curb One-Way Yuan Appreciation: Lian Ping
AI take
The signal here is less about the reserve ratio itself than about the toolkit: Beijing is leaning on macroprudential measures rather than direct intervention to lean against one-way expectations, which suggests a preference for letting the market set direction while capping momentum. The practical burden falls on financial institutions, exporters and individuals, who are being nudged toward hedging rather than speculating on a single trajectory. Whether two-way flexibility actually takes hold, and whether hedging usage rises beyond the largest corporates, is the open question worth watching.
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