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China’s rich seek ways to move cash abroad before yuan weakens

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Nikkei Asian Review/Yusho Cho/6-14-2020

“‘There is no room for negotiation today,’ a black-market currency dealer said when approached on West Nanjing Road, a bustling commercial strip in Shanghai, last week. ‘It’s going to be 7.2 yuan to the dollar.’The official rate was 7.06 that day, but the man, who was a little past his prime, was defiant. At one point late last month, the yuan had sunk to 7.19 in overseas trading. He was confident in the direction of the weakening currency.”

USAGOLD note:  Not much capital, according to this article, is escaping China at this time.  One would think that gold and silver demand would be on the rise these days.  Here is a chart on the price of gold in yuan year to date – up 15.67%.

line chart showing gold in yuan year to date up 15.7%