Tuesday, September 6, 2011

China's yuan to become reserve currency: Nigeria c.bank

BEIJING  - It is inevitable that the yuan would grow into a global reserve currency one day, Nigeria Central Bank Governor Lamido Sanusi said on Tuesday.

Sanusi, who is in Beijing, made the remarks a day after he said that Nigeria's central bank plans to diversify its $33 billion in foreign exchange reserves away from the dollar by switching a tenth of the stockpile into yuan.

Sanusi said Standard & Poor's downgrade of its U.S debt rating last month made it more urgent for Nigeria to diverisfy its reserves, which are mainly invested in the dollar.

Source: Reuters

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