Re:Asia-Pacific is home to a rise in new self-made billionaires
by seanmcdirmid on Saturday February 09, 2019 @10:45AM
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If the RMB free floated on the market, it wouldn’t matter how fast they were running the printer since supply and demand would do its thing.
However, if the RMB is overvalued (meaning they say it is worth more than it is actually), then capital controls are very necessary. If the RMB was undervalued, then you would need more controls in the opposite direction (for money coming in) to prevent arbitrage.
Right now the RMB is overvalued, but not by much. Maybe it should be 7 or 7.5 RMB/dollar.
However, if the RMB is overvalued (meaning they say it is worth more than it is actually), then capital controls are very necessary. If the RMB was undervalued, then you would need more controls in the opposite direction (for money coming in) to prevent arbitrage.
Right now the RMB is overvalued, but not by much. Maybe it should be 7 or 7.5 RMB/dollar.