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The yuan eased against the dollar on Monday as investors awaited details of a Chinese government stimulus and the outcome of US Secretary of State Blinken's Beijing visit. The PBOC set its midpoint fix at 7.1201, while onshore spot weakened to 7.1486 by midday.
Uncertainty over stimulus scale and US-China relations keeps yuan volatility elevated, which affects Chinese buying power for imported commodities. The impact on feed prices is indirect.
brecorder.comReutersJun 19, 2023After 398 past bullish macro events, Chinese Yuan (CNY per USD) moved a median +0.0% over 5 sessions (56% higher; middle half -0.3% to +0.5%), and +0.0% 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 yuan was already easing on 19 June while investors waited for stimulus details, and that set up the weaker starting level and the sentiment behind the 20 June move.
