Renminbi joining SDR basket won't increase demand

The IMF has just confirmed that the renminbi will be added to its SDR basket. Thismay be of symbolic significance to some but we think it will make hardly anydifference to currency demand. In other market developments, China’s equities had avolatile end to the month while market interest rates remain near record-lows.

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