Chinese Economic Development: Implications for the Global Economy

  • Wednesday, Oct 15, 2003

  • On October 15, Lawrence Lindsay, former chairman of the National Economic Council, said that China is unlikely to adopt a flexible exchange rate because it lacks the political and economic confidence to support it. "It is difficult for me see how a sustained period of rapid and stable global economic growth, particularly in Japan and America, can occur under the current exchange rate regime in China," he said at a CSIS conference on China's influence on the global economy. "At the same time, the current Chinese exchange rate regime is deeply embedded, reflecting some fundamental weaknesses in the Chinese political and economic system. As a result, the much needed switch to a flexible exchange rate regime is unlikely to occur in the near future."

    Programs
    Freeman Chair in China Studies
    Topics
    Trade and Economics
    Regions
    East Asia and the Pacific, China

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