China’s Financial Reserves Approach A Dangerously low Level
The latest PBOC report hints at China's reserved tumbling by another US$41.1bn in December 2016. This would effectively reduce the country's reserves to just above US$3tn, a very dangerous level. Financial experts all over the world are concerned over the situation in China. Country officials revealed the financial reserves, which sit as US$3tn right now. However, the PBOC reported over US$41bn in capital outflows affecting the Chinese economy in December 2016. These numbers do not seem to add up, and it appears the Chinese government is padding the reserve numbers. For quite some time....
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