Chinese gold and foreign currency reserves, the world’s largest, rose more than expected last month, according to official data published this week.
The nation’s foreign exchange reserves increased by $23.62 billion to $3.22 trillion in May against $3.208 trillion seen in a Reuters poll of analysts and $3.198 trillion recorded in April, 2021.
The growth is partially attributed to the weakened US dollar. The Chinese national currency, the yuan, rose 1.6% against the greenback in May, while the dollar dropped 1.6% during last month versus a basket of other major currencies.
China’s gold holdings stood at 62.64 million fine troy ounces at the end of May, unchanged from the previous month.
The value of the gold reserves surged to $119.02 billion at the end of May from $110.73 billion in late April, 2021.
The world’s largest Forex reserves continued to rise as China has been gradually recovering from the pandemic-related crisis.
Last month, the country’s imports grew at their fastest pace in 10 years, fueled by surging demand for raw materials.
However, export growth slowed more than expected, weighed by disruptions caused by Covid-19 cases at the country’s major southern ports.
RT. com / ABC Flash Point News 2021.
At the rate the USD is being printed, devaluation is assured and China will have a field day on the stock exchanges, at their pleasure. Ominous clouds are gathering.
Digging its own grave?
No wonder why, seasonal winter disease Corona lock down in Wuhan lasted just 3 months ending in April 2020, the rest of the world still stuck with all sorts of political clowning collapsing many kinds of activity.
Extended plandemic?