The Temptation of China s Capital Account

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It is hard to argue that the RMB is not undervalued, given China s large and persistent current account and capital account surpluses.

Pushing for greater capital market liberalization after the debacle of the 1990 s will be controversial.

The share of income going to capital has been rising, at the expense of labor.

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It is time to add managing the capital account to this list.

This has come at the expense of sectors that are more dependent on equity financing.

China has a two tier system in which the capital account is strictly controlled most other currencies don t distinguish between current and capital accounts.

As such, the timing could not be worse to float the idea of speeding up capital account liberalization.

To be sure, a cautious approach should not be allowed to impede incremental progress toward capital account liberalization.

Progress in institution building is also important for a well sequenced liberalisation of the capital account.

The Asian financial crisis persuaded China s leaders to shelve plans, launched in 1994, to liberalize the capital account.

In early 2012, the People s Bank of China (PBOC) released a report calling for policymakers to take advantage of a strategic opportunity to accelerate capital account liberalization.

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Most economists in China seem to support the PBOC s stance, citing the potential benefits of capital account liberalization.

It would also reduce numerous efficiency reducing distortions in the US tax code, including substantial tax advantages for debt financing over equity financing and for non corporate businesses over corporate businesses.

It is hard to argue that the RMB is not undervalued, given China s large and persistent current account and capital account surpluses. But, despite ending the dollar peg, faster appreciation of the RMB seems unlikely for the foreseeable future.

Moreover, in October, the IMF is set to release official rules of the road for the use of capital account regulations.

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Most economists in China seem to support the PBOC s stance, citing the potential benefits of capital account liberalization. But Chinese policymakers should also recognize the significant risks inherent in relaxing capital controls.

However, the Contingent Credit Line has been allowed to lapse without any alternative through which to assist countries with sound policies in coping with potential capital account crises stemming from sudden outflows of capital.

As such, the timing could not be worse to float the idea of speeding up capital account liberalization. On the contrary, the Peoples Bank of China (PBoC) and other relevant authorities should consider capital controls, market suspensions, and emergency liquidity provision.

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Unless we break the ugly trends of big money in politics and rampant consumerism, we risk winning economic productivity at the price of our humanity.

While some measures that the PBOC has taken under the banner of capital account liberalization have turned out to be both necessary and appropriately moderate, others may need to be reassessed and rescinded.

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Although currency internationalization is not tantamount to capital account liberalization, progress on the former presupposes progress on the latter.

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The resulting fiscal austerity plunged many below the poverty line and accelerated economic inequality, while many private institutions, having caused the 2008 bust, recovered on the public dime.

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