
Overnight offshore yuan funding rates in Hong Kong surged to record highs above 80 percent, which traders believe was orchestrated by Chinese authorities. The spike made it prohibitively expensive to borrow yuan for short-selling.
The move hit bearish yuan positions.
Higher offshore yuan funding costs squeezed speculators betting on a weaker yuan, which can influence the USD/CNY rate that shapes China's import purchasing power for feed ingredients.
Nach 362 vergangenen Ereignisse (bearisch, Makro) bewegte sich Chinesischer Yuan (CNY pro USD) im Median über 5 Handelstage um -0,1 % (42% höher; mittlere Hälfte -0,4 % bis +0,1 %) und über 20 Handelstage um -0,2 %.
Veränderungen des Benchmarks jedes Rohstoffs seit dem letzten Schluss vor dem Ereignis. Historische Werte bündeln frühere Ereignisse derselben Art; sie beschreiben, was passiert ist, nicht was passieren wird. Keine Anlageberatung.
Record offshore overnight funding rates above 80% made shorting the yuan prohibitively expensive, forcing short covering and pushing USD/CNY lower.
Record offshore funding rates above 80% made yuan shorting prohibitively expensive, squeezing bears and supporting the yuan around this period.