SHANGHAI: China's yuan should depreciate to an "appropriate" degree to bolster exports as the economy weakens, an influential state newspaper urged on Monday, in a rare official affirmation of China's newfound desire to let its currency depreciate in a measured way.
The official China Securities Journal said in a frontpage commentary that yuan depreciation is now needed due to weakness in both the domestic and global economies.
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