China Currency Devaluation "Technical Move"

As U.S. stocks reverse yesterday’s upward path, turning negative today by more than 1 percent during the afternoon and taking the Dow Jones Industrial Average negative on the year, China’s devaluation of its currency is overblown, according to institutional investor reports.

China’s move last night to devalue the renminbi, viewed as an additional measure to prop up its economy by making its exports cheaper, is viewed very differently by Capital Economics.

Capital economics says China currency devaluation technical, not primarily economic issue

In an August 11 China Economics Update, Capital Economics notes that while many analysts have credited a competitive devaluation of the currency as a move to shore up exports, Julian Evans-Pritchard...