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Former Chinese central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan suggested on Wednesday that the direct impact on China of the trade war with the US "appears limited," though it could quickly prompt China’s top exporters to pivot away from US markets. Xiaochuan, who left the bank in March after 15 years at the helm, told Reuters that China's economy would be stable in 2018, with an expected growth rate of 6.5%…. Reuters said Xiaochuan downplayed the idea that protectionism will severely affect economic...

Bank for International SettlementsZhou Xiaochuan: Prospects of the Chinese economy - broad-based growth Speech and Q&A by Mr Zhou Xiaochuan, Governor of the People's Bank of China, at the 32rd G30 Annual International Banking Seminar, Washington DC, 15 October 2017. Jerome H Powell: Introductory remarks Speech by Mr Jerome H Powell, Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, at the Roundtable of the Alternative Reference Rates Committee, The Federal Reserve Bank of...

Keynote speech by Mr Zhou Xiaochuan, Governor of the People's Bank of China, at the 2017 Lujiazui Forum "Financial reform and steady development from a global perspective", Shanghai, 21 June 2017. Bank of International SettlementsZhou Xiaochuan: The opening-up of Chinese economy - from manufacturing industry to service industryKeynote speech by Mr Zhou Xiaochuan, Governor of the People's Bank of China, at the 2017 Lujiazui Forum "Financial reform and steady development from a global...

Randy Wray gets a mention.St. Louts Post-DispatchNicklaus: China's worry about 'Minsky moment' may be a good sign David Nicklaus, business columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Hyman Minsky goes to China. China will fend off risks from excessive optimism that could lead to a "Minsky Moment", central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan said on Thursday, adding that corporate debt levels are relatively high and household debt is rising too quickly. A Minsky Moment is a sudden collapse of asset prices after a long period of growth, sparked by debt or currency pressures. The theory is named after economist Hyman Minsky...."If there are too many pro-cyclical factors in the...

Zhou Xiaochuan, President of the People’s Bank of China, said that the nation will continue to implement a proactive fiscal policy and a prudent monetary policy, and continue to fight shadow banking, the real estate bubble and other risks, China Securities Journal reported.“China’s price level has remained stable, the foreign exchange market has ran smoothly and cross-border capital flows were balanced,” Zhou said. “China will further expand the financial industry, actively use new...

Perhaps another way of putting this is that SDR inclusion is a commitment device. In addition to the practical concerns raised by Zhou, there would also be reputational costs to reversing exchange-rate and capital-account reforms. Since SDR inclusion is contingent on the IMF’s determination that the renminbi is “freely usable,” it could conceivably be reversed if the currency were to stop being freely usable. What future Chinese central bank governor will want to see headlines screaming...