As 2025 begins, few central bank peers envy the tug of war facing People’s Bank of China Governor Pan Gongsheng. Pulling from one side are currency traders betting Beijing will respond to Donald Trump’s coming trade war with a weaker yuan. On the other side, is Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who until now has opposed engineering […]
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