China's FX reserves could fall to $2.8 trillion, the lower end of the IMF's recommended range within a few months, which could spark a tidal wave of speculative selling, forcing the People's Bank of China (PBoC) to throw in the towel and let the market decide the level of the renminbi exchange rate -- that's according to Société Générale's perma-bear Albert Edwards.
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In this week's issue of Société Générale's Global Strategy research note, Edwards writes that "China has burned through almost $800bn of its FX reserves mountain since it peaked at almost $4 trillion in mid-2014. January’s FX data to be released this weekend is set to register another sharp drop of $120bn (consensus estimate)." He...

