Commentaries by Emma Smith
  
    
      
      
        Emma Smith
        Analyst at the Council on Foreign Relations.
        Emma Smith is an analyst at the Council on Foreign Relations.
       
     
    
      

Jun 30, 2017
The RMB’s fall against the dollar reflects the slowing of China’s debt-fueled economic growth and the accumulation of default risks. Chinese residents and companies are, not surprisingly, seeking new ways (legal and otherwise) to move money out of the country.