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Can China use widening yield gap between the US dollar and yuan to boost global role?

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Wu, D. (2026, October 9). Can China use widening yield gap between the US dollar and yuan to boost global role? South China Morning Post. https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3370252/can-china-use-widening-yield-gap-between-us-dollar-and-yuan-boost-global-role?utm_source=rss_feed

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An expert suggests that China could enhance the global use of its currency by taking advantage of the widening gap between US Treasury yields and Chinese government bond rates. As of Thursday, the 10-year US Treasury yield was at 5.22%, while Chinese bonds yielded only 1.69%, creating a significant differential of about 3.5 percentage points. According to Jiang Zhenlong from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences’ Institute of Finance and Banking, this yield inversion affects asset allocation negatively for yuan but positively for financing in dollar terms.
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The 10-year US Treasury yield was at 5.22% on Thursday, while Chinese government bonds were at 1.69%, creating a gap of about 3.5 percentage points between the two currencies. This significant difference has led an expert to suggest that Beijing could potentially leverage the low interest rates in China to boost the global use of the yuan. Jiang Zhenlong, an associate research fellow from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences’ Institute of Finance and Banking, noted this trend in a recent issue of China Money Market, a central bank-affiliated magazine. He argues that although higher US yields weaken the attractiveness of yuan assets and put pressure on capital flows, they also increase dollar funding costs for global borrowers. Thus, China might capitalize on these dynamics to enhance its currency's international role.

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“The China-US yield inversion presents an asymmetric effect: pressure on the asset allocation side and benefit on the financing side,” he wrote in the latest issue of China Money Market, a central bank-affiliated magazine.
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🔮 Beijing could leverage the yuan’s low interest rate to increase the currency’s worldwide use, an expert says The 10-year US Treasury yield was 5.22 per cent on Thursday, compared with 1.69 per cent for Chinese government bonds on their first trading day after the National Day holiday – a gap of about 3.5 percentage points, compared with a record 3.7 percentage points on September 9. Jiang Zhenlong, an associate research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences’ Institute of Finance and Banking, argued that higher US yields weaken the appeal of yuan assets and add pressure on the exchange rate and capital flows, but also raise dollar funding costs.
2026-10-09 · South China Morning Post
Can China use widening yield gap between the US dollar and yuan to boost global role? · mixed framing

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Can China use widening yield gap between the US dollar and yuan to boost global role? asserted
China → use → role
Beijing could leverage the yuan’s low interest rate to increase the currency’s worldwide use, an expert says The 10-year US Treasury yield was 5.22 per cent on Thursday, compared with 1.69 per cent for Chinese government bonds on their first trading day after the National Day holiday – a gap of about 3.5 percentage points, compared with a record 3.7 percentage points on September 9. Jiang Zhenlong, an associate research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences’ Institute of Finance and Banking, argued that higher US yields weaken the appeal of yuan assets and add pressure on the exchange rate and capital flows, but also raise dollar funding costs. uncertain
yields → leverage → costs
“The China-US yield inversion presents an asymmetric effect: pressure on the asset allocation side and benefit on the financing side,” he wrote in the latest issue of China Money Market, a central bank-affiliated magazine. asserted
he → present → Market
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