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La gestion du renminbi depuis 2005

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  • Guonan Ma
  • Robert N. McCauley

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[fre] Selon une opinion généralement admise, depuis la mi-2005, le cours de change du renminbi témoignerait, peu ou prou, d’un ancrage (avec glissement) de la monnaie chinoise au dollar américain. Les auteurs de l’article estiment, au contraire, que les autorités chinoises ont opéré une transition pour s’éloigner d’un glissement – ou d’une stagnation – par rapport au dollar, qu’elles ont, à tout le moins, tenté une expérience prolongée de gestion par rapport à un panier de monnaies au cours de la période 2006-2008. Le taux de change bilatéral du dollar n’est pas représentatif de la gestion du renminbi depuis 2005, celui du DTS l’est davantage, l’indice effectif calculé par la BRI étant le plus représentatif. Le cours euro/ renminbi, quant à lui, rend compte des variations sur une plus longue période, allant de juin 2005 à décembre 2010. Deplus, le cours nominal ne résume pas, à lui seul, la politique de change de la Chine. Les prix ayant augmenté plus rapidement en Chine que chez ses partenaires commerciaux, l’appréciation du renminbi entre juin 2005 et décembre 2010 a été quelque 10 % plus forte en termes réels qu’en termes nominaux. Et d’ailleurs, la hausse réelle de la monnaie chinoise par rapport à l’euro était représentative des fluctuations plus larges du renminbi. . Classification JEL : F31, O53, P33, P34. [eng] Managing the Renminbi since 2005.. Conventional wisdom is that the renminbi exchange rate since mid 2005 has been no more than a simple (crawling) dollar peg. We instead interpret the Chinese authorities as having made the transition away from a crawl or stall against the US dollar or having at least conducted a sustained experiment in a basket management in the period of 2006-2008. The Chinese bilateral dollar exchange rate is not representative of the renminbi management since 2005, the SDR is more representative, while the BIS effective index is the most representative of the three. As it happens, the euro/ renminbi rate was representative of the renminbi’s broader movements between June 2005 and December 2010. Moreover, the nominal exchange rate is not the full story of the Chinese exchange rate policy. Since prices have risen faster in China than in its trading partners, the real rise of the renminbi over the period June 2005 to December 2010 has been about 10 % larger than its nominal rise. As it happens, the real rise against the euro was also representative of the renminbi’s broader movements. . Classification JEL : F31, O53, P33, P34.

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  • Guonan Ma & Robert N. McCauley, 2011. "La gestion du renminbi depuis 2005," Revue d'Économie Financière, Programme National Persée, vol. 102(2), pages 163-181.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:recofi:ecofi_0987-3368_2011_num_102_2_5855
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    • F31 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Exchange
    • O53 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Asia including Middle East
    • P33 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - International Trade, Finance, Investment, Relations, and Aid
    • P34 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Finance

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