2015-08-27zerohedge.com

China has cut its holdings of U.S. Treasuries this month to raise dollars needed to support the yuan in the wake of a shock devaluation two weeks ago, according to people familiar with the matter.

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"It would change the outlook on Treasuries quite a bit if you started to price in a fairly large liquidation of their reserves over the next six months or so as they manage the yuan to whatever level they have in mind."

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"By selling Treasuries to defend the renminbi, they're preventing Treasury yields from going lower despite the fact that we've seen a sharp drop in the stock market," David Woo, head of global rates and currencies research at Bank of America Corp., said on Bloomberg Television on Wednesday.



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