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Treasury assessment of currency manipulation, click: The March increase marks the first time reserves had increased two consecutive months since April Julian Evans-Pritchard of Capital Economics said the way reserves were broadly stable in March "suggests that the recent easing of capital outflows has allowed the People's Bank of China to step back from FX intervention".

China's foreign-exchange regulator, in a statement on its website on Friday, said pressure on capital outflows eased somewhat in the first quarter. Forex reserves are expected to further stabilise, the regulator said, adding that the monthly change in reserves' total is also stabilising. The March reserves data came out as Chinese President Xi Jinping is meeting with U.

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President Donald Trump in Florida, and one week before a U. Treasury's currency report - which could label trading partners as currency manipulators - is due. China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange SAFE , the regulator, said last week that pressure from capital outflows eased somewhat in and there will be greater flexibility in the yuan's exchange rate in The regulator also said that authorities will take measures to attract capital inflows this year.

In February, China's central bank sold the smallest amount of foreign exchange in nine months, supporting the government's assertions that capital outflows were easing amid tighter scrutiny of cross-border flows. China has tightened rules on moving capital outside the country in recent months as it seeks to support the yuan currency and stem a slide in reserves.

In recent weeks, the yuan has been steady against the dollar. However, the meeting between U. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to have an impact on yuan's value in the medium term. China does not have a "bottom line" for either the yuan exchange rate against the dollar or foreign exchange reserves, a senior PBOC official told Reuters in March.

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But now foreign exchange policy experts say that the Trump administration looks unlikely to formally declare China a currency manipulator shortly after the U. LONDON British Prime Minister Theresa May promised on Wednesday to listen more to businesses' concerns about Brexit as Queen Elizabeth formally opened parliament by announcing the government's program for the next two years. LONDON Prime Minister Theresa May outlined her government plan on Wednesday, promising to secure the best possible Brexit deal that secures the "maximum possible support" as the UK prepares to leave the European Union.

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