央行迴應人民幣貶值 在全球仍穩定強勢

The yuan remains a stable and strong currency in the global monetary system, and it cannot be ruled out that the US dollar could drop, according to Yi Gang, deputy governor of the People's Bank of China.

中國人民銀行副行長易綱近日表示，人民幣在全球貨幣體系中仍是穩定、強勢的貨幣，且不排除美元可能出現回調。

The People's Bank of China set the central parity rate of the yuan versus the dollar at 6.9042, ticking up from the 6.9168 last Friday.

中國人民銀行設定的人民幣兌美元的匯率中間價從上週五的6.9168變爲現在的6.9042。

Yi said the yuan's depreciation against the dollar is quite limited compared with other currencies and it has risen significantly against a basket of major currencies in recent years, thus "presenting the characteristics of a stable and strong currency in the global monetary system".

易綱指出，近期人民幣對美元的貶值幅度相對其他貨幣非常有限。近年來，人民幣相對一籃子主要貨幣顯著升值，因此"在全球貨幣體系中才表現出穩定、強勢的貨幣特徵。"

He also said that in the future, it is absolutely possible that the yuan's exchange rate would "remain relatively stable at a reasonable and balanced level".

易綱還表示，未來人民幣匯率完全有條件"繼續保持在合理均衡水平上的基本穩定"。

Yi's comment eased some concerns amid market expectations of a short-term depreciation of the yuan, according to Zhao Xueqing, an economist with the International Research Institute of the Bank of China.

中國銀行國際金融研究所經濟學家趙學清表示，易綱的評論緩解了對人民幣短期貶值市場預期的擔憂。