Three reasons we expect the renminbi to breach 7.0

Slower economic growth, monetary easing and escalating trade tensions will all put the renminbi under pressure in the months ahead. The People’s Bank will continue to lean in the other direction but, with capital outflows under control, we now think policymakers will allow the currency to weaken further.

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