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People’s Bank accelerates its foreign exchange purchases

The People’s Bank (PBC) has been purchasing foreign exchange at a frantic rate in recent weeks,underlining again how reluctant policymakers are to leave the renminbi in the hands of market forces.Among many other implications, this suggests that capital account liberalisation is a long way off.

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