Columbia International Affairs Online: Working Papers

CIAO DATE: 04/2015

The Influence of RMB Internationalization on the Chinese Economy: Theory and Policy

Qiyuan Xu, Fan He

February 2015

Centre for International Governance Innovation

Abstract

Since China's pilot scheme for RMB cross-border settlement was launched in 2009, it has become increasingly important for monetary authorities in terms of macroeconomic policy frameworks. The authors use an analytical model that includes monetary supply and demand to examine the influences of RMB cross-border settlement on China's domestic interest rate, asset price and foreign exchange reserves. They also look at how RMB settlement behaves in different ways with the various items in China's balance of payments.