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Wednesday, October 7, 2015

The dollar continues to fall out of favor...

Chinese Yuan Gains on Dollar to Become World’s No. 4 Most-Used Currency

Here comes the yuan.


Robert Wenzel

"The yuan has surpassed seven currencies in the past three years as a payment currency and now only comes after the U.S. dollar, the euro and the sterling,” London’s Guardian newspaper reports.


Overall, global yuan payments increased in value by 9.13% in August, while payments across all currencies decreased by 8.3%, according to Swift, says the Guardian.

The yuan reached a record high market share with 2.79% of global payments for the month, compared with 1.39% in January 2014.

More than 100 countries used the yuan for payments in August, but more than 90% of flows were concentrated in 10 countries. Singapore processed 24.4% followed by the UK with 21.6%.

More than 1,700 financial institutions made worldwide payments in the yuan, up 14% from a year earlier. About 600 of these do not have an office in China or Hong Kong.


Link:
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2015/10/chinese-yuan-gains-on-dollar-to-become.html

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