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FX Reserves (Aug.)

A rise in China’s foreign exchange reserves suggests that the People’s Bank may have become a net buyer of FX last month for the first time since 2015. This would signal that the central bank’s concerns about capital outflow pressures are being replaced by a desire to temper the pace of renminbi appreciation.

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