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Renminbi decline will soften tariff blow

The People’s Bank is signalling increasing discomfort with the recent pace of renminbi declines, including with a new restriction on forward currency transactions today. But the depreciation so far in the exchange rate is already enough, by our estimate, to offset most of the damage to the export sector even if the Trump administration follows through on all of its tariff threats.

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