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        China Says Its Foreign Exchange Reserves Sank $99.5B in January

   by Reuters

   China's foreign exchange reserves, the world's largest, fell by $99.5
   billion in January, the central bank said in a statement Sunday.

   Foreign reserves fell to $3.23 trillion at the of January, the lowest
   level since May 2012.

   The figure was higher than a Reuters poll forecast of $3.20 trillion.

   China's gold reserves rose to $63.57 billion at the end of January,
   from $60.19 billion at the end of 2015, the People's Bank of China said
   on its website.

   Gold volume stood at 57.18 million fine troy ounces at the end of
   January, up from 56.66 million fine troy ounces in December.

   China's International Monetary Fund reserve position was at $3.76
   billion at the end of January, down from $4.55 billion in the previous
   month. The bank held $10.27 billion of IMF Special Drawing Rights at
   the end of last month, compared with $10.28 billion at the end of 2015.
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