BEIJING, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar will be safe for the next six to 12 months, because global markets are focused on the euro zone's troubles, Chinese central bank adviser Li Daokui said on Wednesday when asked about U.S. President Barack Obama's plan to extend tax cuts for all Americans.
But Li, an academic adviser on the People's Bank of China monetary policy committee, said the fiscal health of the United States was in fact worse than Europe's, and that U.S. bond prices and the dollar would fall when the European economic situation stabilises.
He was speaking on the sidelines of a financial forum in Beijing. (Reporting by Zhou Xin and Simon Rabinovitch; Editing by Ken Wills)