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R. Sean Craig IMF Resident Representative in Hong Kong

Comments on Settlement Infrastructure for Local Currency Internationalization by Changyong Rhee and Lea Sumulong Paper. R. Sean Craig IMF Resident Representative in Hong Kong HKIMR Conference on Currency Internationalization Hong Kong, December 11 th , 2012.

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R. Sean Craig IMF Resident Representative in Hong Kong

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  1. Comments on Settlement Infrastructure for Local Currency Internationalizationby Changyong Rhee and Lea Sumulong Paper R. Sean Craig IMF Resident Representative in Hong Kong HKIMR Conference on Currency Internationalization Hong Kong, December 11th, 2012

  2. If you build a state-of-the-art RMB settlement system; will they come? What role does the settlement system play in RMB Internationalization?

  3. RMB Internationalization in Hong Kong depends on Mainland China’s capital account opening • Partial opening of the capital account supported development of offshore RMB products and markets • Supply of offshore RMB liquidity (i.e. RMB deposits) created by outflows from mainland (i.e. trade settlement) • Usage of offshore RMB boosted by opening up of FDI channel to mainland and R-QFII • Offshore RMB markets critical to trade and manage risks needs infrastructure to support liquidity • Full convertibility unnecessary but some cross border flows and arbitrage needed to sustain market development • Infrastructure for RMB settlement important but what else is needed?

  4. Focus of China’s capital account opening shifts to liberalizing cross-border RMB flows ... 2007 Mainland financial institutions allowed to issue RMB-denominated bonds in HK subject to approval 2009 RMB cross-border trade settlement 2010 Foreign companies can issue RMB- bonds in HK 2011 RMB FDI and ODI 2012Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cooperation Zone will allow HK banks to lend directly to mainland firms

  5. Hong Kong RMB deposit growth surged early but has since levelled off as RMB trade settlement stabilized

  6. The share of trade settlement in RMB has levelled off as volatility makes it riskier to denominate trade in RMB

  7. Banks have issues CDs that have absorbed deposits flows as they increase RMB lending (68 bn, end-Sept)

  8. Issuance of RMB Bonds surges while banks issue RMB CDs to raise funds for RMB lending

  9. RMB denominated FDI to the mainland has surged

  10. The creation of the RMB QFII also boosted RMB portfolio flows from Hong Kong to the Mainland

  11. Measures supported RMB internationalization

  12. Volatility in CNH-CNY differential reflect incomplete financial integration in offshore and onshore market

  13. Volatility in CNH-CNY differential reflect incomplete financial integration in offshore and onshore market Short term capital inflows to China and the CNY-CNH basis

  14. Challenges for RMB internationalization remain • RMB internationalization has depended on measures expanding cross border flows of RMB • Demand for offshore RMB financial products healthy, but • RMB liquidity in Hong Kong is tightening as both RMB deposits and trade settlement volumes have leveled off • Redenomination of trade from dollars to RMB is slowed by the difficulty hedging RMB interest rate risk • RMB internationalization must be a market driven process, the supporting infrastructure need further development

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