## Figure 1.20. China: Capital Flows and Foreign Exchange Reserves

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [Figure 1.20. China: Capital Flows and Foreign Exchange Reserves](https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/publications/gfsr/2017/april/chapter-1/figure1-20d.csv)

## Other formats

- [Markdown version](/-/media/files/publications/gfsr/2017/april/chapter-1/figure1-20d.csv.md)
- [Structured JSON version](/-/media/files/publications/gfsr/2017/april/chapter-1/figure1-20d.csv.json)

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### Dataset structure and variables
- Worksheet name: "csv"
- Row count: 55
- Column count: 9
- Column headings (as provided in the file):
  - "Figure 1.20. China: Capital Flows and Foreign Exchange Reserves"
  - "" (empty)
  - "" (empty)
  - "" (empty)
  - "" (empty)
  - "" (empty)
  - "" (empty)
  - "" (empty)
  - "" (empty)

- Variable labels appearing in the data body:
  - "1. Resident and Nonresident Capital Flows"
  - "(Billions of U.S. dollars)"
  - "Residents' asset purchases (includes errors and omissions)"
  - "Nonresident inflows (residents' liabilities)"
  - "2. Reserves Variation"
  - "(Billions of U.S. dollars)"
  - "Valuation effect"
  - "Change in headline reserves"
  - "Estimated intervention"

### Sample observations (exact values from sample rows)
- Row header row with variable labels:
  - "1. Resident and Nonresident Capital Flows", "", "", "", "", "2. Reserves Variation", "", "", ""
- Unit row:
  - "(Billions of U.S. dollars)", "", "", "", "", "(Billions of U.S. dollars)", "", "", ""
- Column descriptor row:
  - "", "Residents' asset purchases (includes errors and omissions)", "Nonresident inflows (residents' liabilities)", "", "", "", "Valuation effect", "Change in headline reserves", "Estimated intervention"

- Time series sample observations (exact cell values):
  - 2005:Q2
    - "6.44623987"
    - "52.15804375"
    - ""
    - ""
    - "3/15/2010"
    - "-45.65499385"
    - "47.93136"
    - "93.58635385"
  - 2005:Q3
    - "13.73460896"
    - "36.72965198"
    - ""
    - ""
    - "6/15/2010"
    - "-47.75656643"
    - "7.19115"
    - "54.94771643"
  - 2005:Q4
    - "45.2976886"
    - "56.59418362"
    - ""
    - ""
    - "9/15/2010"
    - "79.32411735"
    - "194.0282"
    - "114.7040827"

### Notes on content and interpretation
- Monetary units for the main series are presented as "(Billions of U.S. dollars)" as shown in the file.
- The dataset links residents' asset purchases and nonresident inflows to changes in reserves through "Valuation effect", "Change in headline reserves", and "Estimated intervention".
- Several cells are empty in the sample rows (represented as ""), indicating missing or blank entries in those columns for those rows.

*Figure 1.20. China: Capital Flows and Foreign Exchange Reserves — dataset overview (worksheet "csv").*

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_Source: https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/publications/gfsr/2017/april/chapter-1/figure1-20d.csv_