Is China now targeting a trade-weighted exchange rate?

The renminbi’s long pause at seven to the dollar is evidence that the Chinese currency is as closely tied to the US dollar as ever. A gradual loosening of that link is likely to be the next major evolution of China’s exchange rate regime. But the worst fears of what this might mean for the dollar are unfounded.

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