2月中國外儲減少額低於預期

China’s foreign exchange reserves did not fall as much as expected in February, although Beijing continued to sell dollars to support its currency and stem capital outflows.

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2月份，中國的外匯儲備的減少額低於預期，儘管中國當局繼續賣出美元，以支撐本幣匯率並阻止資本外流。

Foreign exchange reserves dropped $28.59bn to $3.2tn in February, according to central bank data released on Monday. Analysts were expecting a reading of $3.19tn.

中國央行週一公佈的數據顯示，2月中國外匯儲備減少285.9億美元，至3.2萬億美元。此前，分析師們的預期值爲3.19萬億美元。

The drop falls far short of the steep plunges of $99.5bn in January and $107.9bn in December – the biggest on record. Reserves are at their lowest level since May 2012.

2月外儲減少額低於1月和去年12月的直線減少。1月，中國外儲減少995億美元，2月減少1079億美元，爲開始記錄以來的最大減幅。目前，中國外儲處於自2012年5月以來的最低水平。

In an interview over the weekend Yi Gang, PBoC deputy governor, insisted that official foreign exchange reserves only include highly liquid assets – in other words, that Beijing still has enough ammunition to prevent a sharp fall in the renminbi.

上週末，中國央行副行長易綱在接受採訪時堅稱，中國的官方外匯儲備只包括高流動性資產——換言之，中國當局擁有足夠彈藥阻止人民幣大幅下跌。