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Le renminbi peut-il être la devise-pivot de la région ?

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  • Jean-François Di Meglio

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[fre] L’article revient sur les mesures prises dans la deuxième moitié de 2010 qui ont conduit à un premier mouvement d’internationalisation de la devise chinoise, ou du moins à sa « régionalisation » . Ce mouvement est analysé par comparaison avec ce qui a été fait dans d’autres pays de la région, en particulier au Japon, avec des logiques différentes et des conséquences, souvent néfastes, très différentes aussi. Il est aussi mis en perspective avec des analyses écrites depuis un certain nombre d’années en Chine et dans des revues publiées à Hong Kong, de façon à ce que cette décision, répondant en apparence à des attentes non-chinoises, soit perçue dans sa dimension sui generis, inscrite dans un plan directif qui prend en compte la « demande de participation » formulée par les partenaires de la Chine dans le domaine monétaire et l’éventualité d’une dégradation future du système financier et monétaire international. Dans les deux cas, les mesures prises depuis un an peuvent effectivement amener le renminbi à jouer le rôle d’une devise-pivot de la région, que cette région soit encore mieux intégrée à l’ensemble du système financier et monétaire international ou qu’elle « décroche » dans le cas de la mise en place de «blocs » monétaires régionaux. . Classification JEL : F31, F36, F42, 053, P34. [eng] Chinese RMB : Can it Become the Pivotal Currency in the Region ? . The following write-up picks up from the recent decisions taken by the Chinese monetary authorities during the second half of 2010. They led to a first step in the internationalization of the Chinese currency, at least to its regionalization. This move is analyzed in a comparison with what had been done previously in other countries of the region, Japan in particular, based on different rationale and especialy very different consequences. Those were mostly negative. This decision is also put into perspective against analyses written since quite a number of years in China and in reviews released in Hong Kong as well, in order to understand that the decision initiated in July 2010 is also a top-down, “ sui generis” decision” and has to be understood so. It has to be placed on the background of a plan which takes into account several parameters : the request for greater involvement by China into the monetary system and a potential deterioration of the state of the financial and monetary order. In both cases, the various steps taken during the last year can truly make the renminbi play a role as a “ pivot-currency” in the region and this can happen either if this region becomes more integrated within the global monetary and financial system or if the currency “ de-synchronizes”, in the hypothesis of regional financial block being built up. . Classification JEL : F31, F36, F42, 053, P34.

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  • Jean-François Di Meglio, 2011. "Le renminbi peut-il être la devise-pivot de la région ?," Revue d'Économie Financière, Programme National Persée, vol. 102(2), pages 225-242.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:recofi:ecofi_0987-3368_2011_num_102_2_5859
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    JEL classification:

    • F31 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Exchange
    • F36 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Financial Aspects of Economic Integration
    • F42 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - International Policy Coordination and Transmission
    • P34 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Finance
    • F31 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Exchange
    • F36 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Financial Aspects of Economic Integration
    • F42 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - International Policy Coordination and Transmission
    • P34 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Finance

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