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The yuan edged higher against the dollar after the central bank announced a 500 billion yuan funding scheme to support the equity market. The PBOC also set its midpoint rate at 7.0742, slightly weaker than a Reuters estimate.
Gains in the yuan from policy support reduce the local cost of dollar-priced imports, though analysts expect the moves to be gradual. The impact on feed commodity prices is small.
brecorder.comReutersOct 10, 2024After 362 past bearish macro events, Chinese Yuan (CNY per USD) moved a median -0.1% over 5 sessions (42% higher; middle half -0.4% to +0.1%), and -0.2% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
The PBOC set a weaker-than-expected midpoint of 7.0742 and the yuan was held up only modestly by equity-support funding, showing the dollar strength was partly offset.
