Funny enough, the previous article was written in September, arguing the China forex figures are the most important market indicator right now. Indeed:
China is burning through cash as it battles to support the yuan. The nation’s foreign currency reserves tumbled by a record $108 billion in December as the central bank sold dollars to stem a slide in the currency. That was about four times greater than analysts predicted in a Bloomberg survey, and reduced the stockpile to the lowest level in three years. Despite the intervention, the yuan’s descent has steepened, with the currency falling to a five-year low on Thursday.
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