Tuesday, January 11, 2011

China Owns Lots of Paper

"Bloomberg details:

China’s foreign-exchange reserves climbed 18.7 percent to a world-record $2.85 trillion at the end of 2010 from a year earlier and domestic lending exceeded the government’s full-year target. The currency holdings, reported by the central bank on its website today, were bigger than the $2.76 trillion median estimate in a Bloomberg News survey of nine economists.

How fast have reserves been built? 26.4% annualized since 1978 (reserves crossed $2 trillion in 2009 and $1 trillion in 2006)..."

at http://econompicdata.blogspot.com/2011/01/china-owns-lots-of-paper.html

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