Anda di halaman 1dari 8

Chinese bank FX positions: May update

This somewhat obscure report has come to broader notice as a result of the recent measures focussed on capital flows in various forms. With data up to March, we estimated that around $US90bn of foreign currency would have to be purchased by the Chinese banking system to meet the new regulations by July 1. We lowered that estimate by $US9bn or so after the April data, implying there was still plenty of work to do at the outset of May. With May data now available, we can definitively say that at the beginning of June there was still a major task ahead of the banking system about $US63bn the sudden urgency of which has been reflected in the disruptive pricing moves in interbank rates and in the FX market. The details are that FX loans increased by $US5.8bn in May while FX deposits fell by $US2.3bn. Excluding the policy banks, the FX specific loan to deposit ratio rose by 1.6ppts. Banks sold $US151bn of FX on behalf of clients and bought $US133bn. The net short position of $17.4bn is down from $US34bn in April, $US45bn in March and $US93bn in January. Gross flows recovered from April levels, and are now up by 7%yr.
1

FX reserves, capital flows & bank FX positions


120 100 80 60 40 20 0 -20 -40 -60 -80 -100 Jan-10
USDbn USDbn
Sources: CEIC, Westpac

Other FDI inflow Trade balance Change in FX reserves Net bank FX settlement

120 100 80 60 40 20 0 -20 -40 -60 -80 -100

Jul-10

Jan-11

Jul-11

Jan-12

Jul-12

Jan-13

Bank FX activity on behalf of clients


200
150 USDbn
Sources: CEIC, Westpac

USDbn

200
150

100
50 0 -50 -100 -150 FX sales FX purchases Net Jul-10 Jan-11 Jul-11 Jan-12 Jul-12 Jan-13

100
50 0 -50 -100 -150 -200

-200 Jan-10

Bank FX sales for clients by BOP category


180
160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Jan-10 Jul-10 Jan-11 Jul-11 Jan-12 Jul-12 Jan-13 USDbn
Portfolio & other transaction FDI transaction Current acct transaction Net bank FX settlement

USDbn
Sources: CEIC, Westpac

180
160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0

Foreign exchange loan to deposit ratio


800 700 600
500 400 300 200 100 Jan-03 Jan-05 Jan-07 Jan-09 Jan-11 Jan-13 USDbn
FX Ratio L2D (rhs) Deposits (lhs) Loans (lhs)
FX L2D adjusted for policy banks
Sources: CEIC, Westpac

Ratio*100

225
200 175 150 125 100 75 50 25 0

Onshore L2D ratio

Foreign exchange loan to deposit ratio


225
200 175 150 125 100 75 50 25
Sources: CEIC, Westpac

Ratio*100 FX L2D including policy banks FX L2D excluding policy banks

Ratio*100

225
200 175 150 125 100 75 50 25 0

0 Jan-03

Jan-05

Jan-07

Jan-09

Jan-11

Jan-13

7-day SHIBOR & the CNY 12mth NDF


2.5 %chg
Sources: Westpac Economics, CEIC.

%pa CNY NDF 12mth (lhs) 1 week SHIBOR (rhs)

7
6

2.0

1.5

5 4

1.0 3 0.5 Sep-12 2 Nov-12 Jan-13 Mar-13 May-13

USD/CNY NDF curves


15 bps
12mth minus 3mth 12mth minus 6mth 12mth minus 1mth

bps

15

10
5 0 -5 -10 -15 -20

10
5 0
Fundamentally, should move back towards negative territory, but SAFE ruling pushes the other way.

-5 -10 -15 -20

Sources: Westpac, Bloomberg

-25
Jan 10 Jun 10 Dec 10 Jun 11 Dec 11 Jun 12 Dec 12 Jun 13

-25

Anda mungkin juga menyukai