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2010年2月13日星期六

中國將出售美國資產

中國將出售美國資產
China to Sell U.S. Assets

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

一些大單嘢正在中國發生中,它可能對美國經濟有巨大的影響。

路透社週二報導:

中方高級軍事人員已建議,他們的國家 ...可能出售一些美國債券以懲罰華盛頓,為她最新一輪向台灣出售武器。

現在,亞洲時報的報導:

美元計價的風險資產,包括資產支持的證券和企業,都不再為國家外匯管理局(SAFE)所要,也不為中國的大型商業銀行。中國政府已下令儲備經理, 去賣完它本身的較具風險證券,和只持有有隱含或明確政府擔保的財政部和美國機構的債。這已經已經通知美國證券經紀,根據有直接理解事件的市場參與者。

不清楚中國的動機是否簡單的轉移風險,覺察到在過去兩個星期,公司和抵押的價差急促擴大,抑或亦有一政治層面。預期美國聯儲局將在下個月終止它的特殊機制,購買抵押支持的證券,一些資產支持的價差已經被取消,和中資機構可能只是簞純地企圖擺脫一擴大。有一些猜測,中國的行動是與最近向台灣出售武器和其它問題,因而惡化的中美關係有關。這是一個不尋常中國會採取的行動 - 北京不會混淆投資和策略性政策 - 和將會在任何情況下很難證明。

如阿羅維寫道:

着眼於持有的總體美國證券,渣打銀行估計,該國在八月底大約有1.44兆億美元(的比官方數據多三百四+億美元):


然而中國仍然需要以美國的債務,去幫助抵銷其巨額外匯儲備 - 這它繼續建設。我們懷疑它尚未找到一個比美國市場更好的地方,去循環它的貨幣流程。直到有淨銷售國庫券的確鑿證據,威脅要出售美國債券,仍然在美國財政上是單單的耀武揚威。

但是它確切地說出中美關係的擴闊( 脆弱)。

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更新:歐洲法國巴黎銀行的外匯分析員似乎已經確認了SAFE報告:

美元計價的風險資產,包括資產支持的證券和企業,都不再為國家外匯管理局(SAFE)所要,也不為中國的大型商業銀行。中國政府已下令儲備經理, 去賣完它本身的較具風險證券,和只持有有隱含或明確政府擔保的財政部和美國機構的債。這已經已經通知美國證券經紀,根據有直接理解事件的市場參與者。與此同時,中國軍方已催促政府出售美國債券,為台灣的武器交易而擴大國防開支。因此,我們集中地觀察美國的價差,當經濟復甦仍處風險,價差擴大將不會對股市無畏向好。直到今年1月,它是美國流動資產餵養的金融市場,因此風險胃口的下降,提議遣返流程回至美元。

Something big is happening in China which could have a huge effect on the American economy.
On Tuesday, Reuters reported:

Senior Chinese military officers have proposed that their country ... possibly sell some U.S. bonds to punish Washington for its latest round of arms sales to Taiwan.

Now, Asia Times is reporting:

Dollar-denominated risk assets, including asset-backed securities and corporates, are no longer wanted at the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE), nor at China’s large commercial banks. The Chinese government has ordered its reserve managers to divest itself of riskier securities and hold only Treasuries and US agency debt with an implicit or explicit government guarantee. This already has been communicated to American securities dealers, according to market participants with direct knowledge of the events.

It is not clear whether China’s motive is simple risk aversion in the wake of a sharp widening of corporate and mortgage spreads during the past two weeks, or whether there also is a political dimension. With the expected termination of the Federal Reserve’s special facility to purchase mortgage-backed securities next month, some asset-backed spreads already have blown out, and the Chinese institutions may simply be trying to get out of the way of a widening. There is some speculation that China’s action has to do with the recent deterioration of US-Chinese relations over arm sales to Taiwan and other issues. That would be an unusual action for the Chinese to take–Beijing does not mix investment and strategic policy–and would be hard to substantiate in any event.

As Alphaville's Tracy Alloway writes:

In terms of overall holdings of US securities, Standard Chartered estimates the country had about $1.44 trillion at the end of August ($34bn more than official data):


Nevertheless, China still needs US debt to help offset its massive FX reserves — which it continues to build. We doubt it has yet found a better place than the US market to recycle its currency inflows. And until there’s concrete evidence of net-selling of Treasuries, threatening to sell US debt remains simple sabre-rattling over American finances.

It does, however, say something about the wider (delicate) Chinese-US relationship.

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Update: The European FX analysts at BNP Paribas seem to have confirmed the SAFE report:
Dollar-denominated risk assets, including asset- backed securities and corporate, are no longer wanted at the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE), nor at China’s large commercial banks. The Chinese government has ordered its reserve managers to divest themselves of riskier securities and hold only Treasuries and US agency debt with an implicit or explicit government guarantee. This already has been communicated to American securities dealers, according to market participants with direct knowledge of the events. Meanwhile, the Chinese military has urged the government to sell US bonds, boosting defence spending on Taiwan arms deal. Hence, we watch US spreads intensively. A widening of spreads would not bold well for share markets while putting economic recovery at risk. It was US liquidity feeding financial markets until January this year. Hence a decline of risk appetite suggests repatriation flows moving back into the USD.

http://georgewashington2.blogspot.com/2010/02/china-to-sell-us-securities.html

中國軍方學者敦促經濟打擊美國
更新時間 2010年 2月 9日, 格林尼治標準時間23:15
幾名中國高級軍官提議政府增加國防開支,調整解放軍部署,並拋售一些美國國債,以教訓美國最新一輪對台軍售。

新華社周一(9日)發表了最近一期《瞭望》新聞周刊對中國國防大學和軍事科學院的三名軍官所做的採訪。

他們分別是國防大學朱成虎少將和軍事科學院羅援少將、柯春橋大校。

儘管他們的建議遠遠不能代表中國政府的政策,但是他們公開提出的報復美國的要求凸現北京當局在這方面面臨的國內壓力。

軍事科學院的研究員羅援少將稱,在制裁美國時不應只局限於軍事層面,應該採用包括政治、軍事、外交和經濟在內的「戰略組合拳」反擊美國。

拋售美國國債
他說,中國可以通過經濟手段制裁美國,例如拋售一些美國政府債券。

中國軍方在制定中國的外匯儲蓄政策方面並不扮演任何角色。而負責這方面的政府部門官員並沒有表現出任何跡象,將為制裁美國對台軍售拋售一些美國國債。

因為此舉不僅會給市場帶來恐慌,也會危及中國自身的外匯儲備。

過去幾周,北京和華盛頓之間的關係因互聯網控制和黑客攻擊、貿易和貨幣爭執、對台軍售以及奧巴馬總統計劃會見西藏流亡精神領袖達賴喇嘛而變得異常緊張。

因為美國對台軍售,中方已經關閉了中美兩軍交流的大門,美國喪失了解與影響中國軍方的一個重要機會。

除此以外,中國還宣佈將制裁所有參與對台軍售計劃的美國公司。

有中國網民甚至在網上發帖,呼籲國民抵制美國貨,以此抗議美國對台軍售。
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2010/02/100209_china_us_military.shtml

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