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Exchange Rate Undervaluation and Growth in China

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  • Vladimir Popov

    (Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute
    Central Economics and Mathematics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (CEMI RAN))

  • Kwame Sundaram Jomo

    (Khazanah Research Institute)

Abstract

The widely held belief that China’s undervalued exchange rate has been crucial to its rapid industrialization and economic growth over the last four decades is critically qualified and nuanced. In any case, renminbi (RMB) appreciation, rising wages with exhaustion of its labour surplus, growing domestic demand and slowing international trade and growth following the 2008 global financial crisis have reduced China’s economic growth.

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  • Vladimir Popov & Kwame Sundaram Jomo, 2020. "Exchange Rate Undervaluation and Growth in China," Development, Palgrave Macmillan;Society for International Deveopment, vol. 63(1), pages 120-125, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:develp:v:63:y:2020:i:1:d:10.1057_s41301-020-00248-y
    DOI: 10.1057/s41301-020-00248-y
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    1. Popov, Vladimir, 2023. "Can China maintain high growth rates under the “dual-circulation” decoupling?," MPRA Paper 117953, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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