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Dollar drops again…

January 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments

It looks as though we’ll be hitting the magical 7 RMB/$1 mark sooner rather than later. News from China’s Central bank this afternoon that the the dollar is down to a record low of 7.196 RMB. (For those Europeans gloating out there at the Americans’ misfortune, the Euro also fell to 10.56 RMB.)

Belt-tightening all around.

Tags: Beijing Journal · Life in China

2 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Shaan // Jan 28, 2008 at 7:32 pm

    This is great, like I’m getting a raise every day I work here…

  • 2 Jeremiah // Jan 28, 2008 at 11:03 pm

    Shaan,

    Of course if your grant money and salary is paid in US$ like me, then…not so much.

    Whoulda thunk it 20 years ago–I’d rather be paid in RMB than in US dollars?

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