With regard to the Yuan’s revaluation, it is no longer a question of if- but when. Investors are extremely confident that China will soon revalue, with some predicting it will occur as soon as this summer. Most investors have backed up their predictions with bets in the currency. Non deliverable forward contracts are currently trading at a 6% premium, which reflect investors’ collective expectation that the Yuan will appreciate by 6% this year. Last quarter alone, $30 billion of speculative capital trickled into China. While some of this money is clearly ‘hot money,’ most of the investments represent long term commitments in China. In response, China may delay revaluation, so as not to reward all of the speculators, who stand to earn massive capital gains when China revalues. To stem the inflow of speculative capital, China has continued to squash rumors of revaluation. The Financial Times reports:

The expectation of this event will keep hot money flowing into China and the longer China delays the exchange rate adjustment, the more hot capital will move into China.

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