Chinese national currency slumps again by 1%

Baku. 9 January. REPORT.AZ/ People's Bank of China (Central Bank of China) has depreciated its national currency by 0,9% against dollar and made 6.9262 CNY/USD.

Report informs, depreciation of yuan took place after the announcement of currency reserves by China.

Thus, China's foreign exchange reserves decreased by 41 bln USD or 1,36% in December 2016 and amounted to 3.01 trillion USD. Thus, China's foreign exchange reserves fell to the minimum level since February 2011.

Notably, China's foreign exchange reserves have shown a consistent decline in 6 months.In July 2014, reserves reached a historic high (3.99 trillion USD).At present, China's foreign exchange reserves is 24.6% less than the historic high.