2月中國外儲減少額低於預期

China’s foreign exchange reserves did not fall as much as expected in February, although Beijing continued to sell dollars to support its currency and stem capital outflows.

2月份，中國的外匯儲備的減少額低於預期，儘管中國當局繼續賣出美元，以支撐本幣匯率並阻止資本外流。

Foreign exchange reserves dropped $28.59bn to $3.2tn in February, according to central bank data released on Monday. Analysts were expecting a reading of $3.19tn.

中國央行週一公佈的數據顯示，2月中國外匯儲備減少285.9億美元，至3.2萬億美元。此前，分析師們的預期值爲3.19萬億美元。

The drop falls far short of the steep plunges of $99.5bn in January and $107.9bn in December – the biggest on record. Reserves are at their lowest level since May 2012.

2月外儲減少額低於1月和去年12月的直線減少。1月，中國外儲減少995億美元，2月減少1079億美元，爲開始記錄以來的最大減幅。目前，中國外儲處於自2012年5月以來的最低水平。

In an interview over the weekend Yi Gang, PBoC deputy governor, insisted that official foreign exchange reserves only include highly liquid assets – in other words, that Beijing still has enough ammunition to prevent a sharp fall in the renminbi.

上週末，中國央行副行長易綱在接受採訪時堅稱，中國的官方外匯儲備只包括高流動性資產——換言之，中國當局擁有足夠彈藥阻止人民幣大幅下跌。