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1st LD: China's forex reserves post biggest monthly drop on record

Xinhua, January 7, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's foreign exchange reserves posted the sharpest monthly fall on record in December, official data showed Thursday.

Foreign exchange reserves fell to 3.33 trillion U.S. dollars at the end of last month, the lowest level in more than three years and down by 108billion dollars from November, according to the People's Bank of China.

The fall in December extended a month-on-month decline of 87.2 billion dollars registered in November.

The yuan has been heading south since the central bank revamped the foreign exchange mechanism in August to make the rate more market-based.

The yuan has been losing ground as the Chinese economy is expected to register its slowest pace of growth in a quarter of a century in 2015. Meanwhile, the United States raised interest rates in December and more rises are expected in 2016.

The onshore yuan (CNY), traded in the Chinese mainland, declined 4.05 percent against the greenback in 2015. Endi