Rapid renminbi rise will not be sustained

China is again responding to foreign pressure with a surge in the renminbi. But a coming slowdown in exports, a desire to limit the predictability of the renminbi’s rise and, possibly, a rebound of the dollar against the euro and yen will make it hard for the People’s Bank (PBC) to sustain this pace for long.

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