Timetable for Yuan revaluation estimated at 1-2 years

A leading adviser to China’s Central Bank recently confirmed what many analysts have suspected for months: a revaluation of the Yuan or RenMinBi will likely take place over the course of the next 1-2 years. The advisor publicly warned Chinese firms to make the necessary adjustments, in order to prevent the revaluation of the Yuan from severely harming their prospects for success. While not indicating the size of the revaluation, Yu Yongding hinted that it would be significant, in order to help China rein in its burgeoning trade surplus. Reuters News reports:

He said China’s big current account surplus, just like the large U.S. current account deficit, fundamentally reflected savings-investment imbalances in the two countries. “The rise in the renminbi’s exchange rate will definitely have an impact on China’s trade surplus.”

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