
On July 1 the PBOC set the yuan midpoint at 7.1534 per dollar, its strongest since November 2024. The yuan's trade-weighted index fell to 95.15, its lowest since January 2021, showing weaker value against major trading partners.
A weaker trade-weighted yuan makes Chinese buyers' imports of US feed ingredients relatively more expensive in some cases, while the bilateral strength versus the dollar is a mixed signal for feed prices.
After 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.