Cheap Chinese funding costs keep pulling non-Chinese borrowers into renminbi debt markets, so the currency's international role expands through borrowing and invoicing habits rather than through reserve reallocation, and the process continues as long as the rate gap persists.
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BRICS agreed in New Delhi to expand local-currency trade settlement and connect payment systems, stopping short of a common currency. This routes the bloc's de-dollarization through invoicing and settlement habits — the exact channel the thesis identifies — rather than through reserve reallocation, with China's payment rails the largest available option.
China's 10-year yield at 1.68 percent against 4.85 percent in the US produced a record 3.17-point funding-cost gap. That is precisely the rate differential the thesis identifies as the engine pulling non-Chinese borrowers into renminbi debt, and at a record width the incentive to issue in CNY over USD is stronger than at any prior point.
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Supporting · September 14, 2026
BRICS Agrees to Settle More Trade in Its Own Currencies and Link Payment Systems
BRICS agreed in New Delhi to expand local-currency trade settlement and connect payment systems, stopping short of a common currency. This routes the bloc's de-dollarization through invoicing and settlement habits — the exact channel the thesis identifies — rather than through reserve reallocation, with China's payment rails the largest available option.
EuronewsSupporting · September 10, 2026
Chinese and American 10-Year Borrowing Costs Diverge to the Widest Gap on Record
China's 10-year yield at 1.68 percent against 4.85 percent in the US produced a record 3.17-point funding-cost gap. That is precisely the rate differential the thesis identifies as the engine pulling non-Chinese borrowers into renminbi debt, and at a record width the incentive to issue in CNY over USD is stronger than at any prior point.
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