Monday, June 25, 2007

China to Keep `Bulk' of Foreign Reserves in Dollars, Central Banker Says

(Bloomberg) -- China, with a record $1.2 trillion
of foreign-exchange reserves, will keep the ``bulk'' of its U.S.
dollar holdings because the currency is one of safest investment
options, a People's Bank of China assistant governor said.

The dollar remains ``important'' because trade and foreign
direct investment is conducted mostly in the currency, Yi Gang
told delegates at a meeting that was closed to the media at the
World Economic Forum in Singapore. Asian central banks will
continue to hold most of their reserves in dollars, he said.


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