China devalues currency in SDR push

The Chinese central bank devalues the renminbi as it steps up its campaign to promote it to reserve currency status.

China shocked global markets out of their summer somnolence on Tuesday when it devalued its currency by almost 2% against the US dollar in an effort to increase its reserve currency status and boost sluggish exports.

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