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Hong Kong dollar peg faces review calls, with yuan and gold basket proposed

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A Hong Kong financial industry group has proposed reviewing the city's four-decade-old peg to the US dollar. The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Professionals Association suggested increasing the use of the renminbi and potentially shifting to a currency basket including gold. Proponents argue this would grant Hong Kong greater control over its monetary policy, mitigating risks associated with US Federal Reserve rate hikes and dollar volatility. AI

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Hong Kong dollar peg faces review calls, with yuan and gold basket proposed

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Daisy Wu ·

    Hong Kong’s US dollar peg faces fresh calls for review – but is change feasible?

    The Hong Kong dollar’s four-decade-old peg to the US dollar is facing fresh calls for review, after a local financial industry body urged greater use of the yuan and floated the idea of shifting to a basket of major currencies and gold – though financial analysts argue the curren…

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