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Jim Rogers to Sputnik: China Outperforms US, Other World Markets

• LewRockwell

Rogers observed that the Chinese currency has consistently been the second strongest currency in the world.

"The Chinese currency is down about three percent against the US dollar but three percent fluctuations are nothing," the investor claimed.

Stocks in China have experienced large-scale sell-off and volatility since early July. On August 11, the People's Bank of China (PBC) devalued the yuan, allowing it to fall 1.9 percent against the US dollar to boost the country's economy, precipitating the biggest one-day exchange rate adjustment for the currency in a decade.

The following day, dollar-yuan exchange rate showed a further 1.6-percent decrease. On August 13, the PBC devalued its national currency by an additional 1.1 percent against the US dollar, letting the yuan drop for the third day in a row.

"The market certainly had a big drop in China, but the markets everywhere have had a big drop. China certainly had a substantial drop this year from its high, but it still has done better than the United States and most other markets," Rogers said. "Everybody's having problems and China has done better than most."


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