China’s Central Bank recently made waves in forex markets when it created several state-owned organization charged with investing a portion of China’s $1.2 Trillion in forex reserves. Scant additional information was released until last week, when it was revealed that the first major investment would be a $3 Billion stake in The Blackstone Group, which is planning an Initial Public Offering. While it should be clear that China is taking its plan to diversify its reserves seriously, the news should come as a partial relief to Dollar Bulls, because in this case, the diversification will not involve the sale of USD.
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