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Wednesday, 12 February, 2020

Patents reveal extent of China’s digital currency plans

Proposals shed light on Beijing’s growing push to digitise the renminbi

Sunday, 9 February, 2020

ExplainerMarket Questions

Can Opec stop the slide in the oil price?

Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

Thursday, 6 February, 2020

Tail RiskTommy Stubbington

Bond surge shows buyers were waiting for an excuse

Pent-up demand for fixed income released in rush for haven assets

Tuesday, 4 February, 2020

Market Forces

‘Growth positive’ measures resonate for investors Premium

Mike Mackenzie’s daily analysis of what’s moving global markets

Tuesday, 4 February, 2020

Markets

Stocks recover after deep coronavirus sell-off

Chinese benchmark index closes 2.6% higher following its biggest one-day fall since 2015

Tuesday, 28 January, 2020

Explainer

How China is shaking up its interest-rate regime

Central bank prepares for reforms that should allow greater sway for market forces

Monday, 23 December, 2019

AnalysisMarkets

The big market moments of 2019

The year was dominated by central bankers, politicians and companies with grand ideas

Monday, 25 November, 2019

ExplainerDigital currencies

What is China’s digital currency plan?

The central bank has been quietly working on the project for five years

Monday, 11 November, 2019

FT Confidential Research

China’s pork shock ought not to spook bond market Premium

Weak economy and central bank vigilance mean rising yields could present buying opportunity

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Wednesday, 16 October, 2019

Chinese business & finance

China’s cash injection highlights policymaker concerns

Unexpected $28bn liquidity boost comes at a time of slowing economic growth

Monday, 7 October, 2019

Gold

China’s central bank stocks up on gold

Reserves managers around the world are trying to trim exposure to the US dollar

Tuesday, 24 September, 2019

Chinese business & finance

China central bank head warns on regional lenders

Yi Gang makes first detailed comments about risks after a series of corporate collapses

Friday, 20 September, 2019

China

China trims benchmark lending rate, fails to buoy stocks

Thursday, 19 September, 2019

Fintech

Alibaba and Tencent refuse to hand loans data to Beijing

Chinese tech giants drag feet on government credit scoring initiative

Monday, 2 September, 2019

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China’s fintech approach becomes clearer with its 3-year plan Premium

Desire for control is at the heart of central bank’s strategy

Tuesday, 20 August, 2019

Chinese business & finance

China nudges lending rates lower with new benchmark

Central bank sets revamped rate 6 bps lower at 4.25% in bid to reduce cost of borrowing

Monday, 5 August, 2019

Renminbi

Markets dip after renminbi hits weakest level in 11 years

China’s central bank blames tariffs for move as Trump hits out at ‘major violation’

Monday, 5 August, 2019

FT CollectionsThreat of a currency war

What next for the renminbi after breaching Rmb7 per dollar?

Investors ask why China’s central bank has allowed currency to weaken beyond symbolic threshold

Wednesday, 17 July, 2019

Chinese economy

Why sentiment wields an outsized influence in China’s markets

Financial system must be restructured to reduce the economy’s overdependence on bank lending

Tuesday, 16 July, 2019

FT Confidential Research

Fed clears path for China rate regime overhaul Premium

Lockstep cut unlikely but easing in US could hasten move to market-based system

Thursday, 20 June, 2019

Banks

China banks face liquidity squeeze in wake of Baoshang takeover

Government intervention disrupts larger institutions’ willingness to lend to smaller ones

Monday, 10 June, 2019

Renminbi

China’s renminbi hits weakest levels since November

Central bank’s governor hints currency could be permitted to slide further

Thursday, 30 May, 2019

Chinese business & finance

China central bank chief moves to reassure on small banks

Yi Gang says regulators can manage risk after Beijing takes over regional lender

Wednesday, 8 May, 2019

Gold

China’s central bank stocks up on gold as it seeks to diversify

PBoC adds to reserves for a fifth month as many economies seek to shift from dollar

Wednesday, 3 April, 2019

Markets InsightHenny Sender

China pauses in push to internationalise its currency

Momentum to broaden ownership of the renminbi has ebbed away in recent years

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