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Chinese currency

Currency wars aside, devaluation of the yuan may signal a material slowdown in the growth of the Chinese economy, and that will have significant repercussions for Australia and the world, writes Richard Holden.

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China's currency devaluation could have an impact on the property market by making Australian real estate more expensive for Chinese investors, UNSW's J.W. Nevile Fellow in Economics Tim Harcourt says.

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Julia Gillard's yuan conversion offer and framework for bilateral relations with China puts Australia in the right place at the right time, writes Tim Harcourt.