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40% Uncertain Q: A more freely-convertible RMB would
35% affect your company’s China opera-

Very positively
30%

tions...25% Somewhat positively

20% Not much Q: A more freely-convertible RMB would
15% Somewhat negatively affect your company’s global opera-
10% Very negatively tions...

5%

0%

50% This is the third year we asked two questions about the convert-

Uncertain ibility of the yuan. This year, 52.5 percent of participants indicated

40% Very positively that a more freely-convertible yuan would have a positive effect on
their China operations, down from 66 percent last year. A similar

30% Somewhat positively proportion of companies reporting that a more freely-convertible

Not much yuan would have a positive effect on their global operations. In the

20% China contexts, the proportion of companies reporting that a more
Somewhat negatively
freely-convertible yuan would have a negative effect on their opera-

10% Very negatively tions is about the same as last year, while in the global contexts, the

percentage shrank to a near-negligible 1.2 percent.

0%

Q: How do you expect the following developments to affect your business in South China in 2016?

100% Signi cant positive e ect
90% Somewhat positive e ect
80% Remain about the same
70% Somewhat negative e ect
60% Signi cant negative e ect
50% Uncertain
40% Not applicable
30%
20%
10%
0%

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