“Buyers will most likely gain if the peg is moved because the direction is that the HKD will likely strengthen so they will gain a lot from this move. But this is a big if; if the move will occur.”

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“Buyers will most likely gain if the peg is moved because the direction is that the HKD will likely strengthen so they will gain a lot from this move. But this is a big if; if the move will occur.”

— Eddie Wang, head of fx structuring for Asia at Crédit Agricole in Hong Kong, on the rumors of a HKD/USD decoupling.

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