# China to lower dollar, euro and yen weightings in CFETS yuan basket in 2025

> From January 1, the China Foreign Exchange Trade System will reduce the US dollar's weighting in its yuan currency basket to about 19.9 percent from 19.46 percent, with other adjustments to euro and yen weightings. The change reshapes how the yuan is managed against major currencies.

- Date: 2024-12-31 · published 2024-12-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/27166-china-to-lower-dollar-euro-and-yen-weightings-in-cfets-yuan-basket-in-2025
- Commodities: [Chinese Yuan (CNY per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDCNY.md)

## Why it matters

Lowering the dollar weighting in the basket gives Beijing more room to manage the yuan against the dollar, which could influence the currency path that affects Chinese import demand for US farm goods.

## Read by commodity

- USDCNY: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USDCNY | 2017-01-01 | [China tweaks yuan basket to play down US dollar \| South China Morning Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73191-china-tweaks-yuan-basket-to-play-down-us-dollar-south-china-morning-post.md) | -0.1% | -1.0% |
| USDCNY | 2017-01-03 | [China's yuan may see more volatility vs dollar after basket change \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10252-china-s-yuan-may-see-more-volatility-vs-dollar-after-basket-change-reuters.md) | -0.1% | -1.0% |
| USDCNY | 2025-06-25 | [China doubles down on promoting yuan as confidence in U.S. dollar ebbs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24430-china-doubles-down-on-promoting-yuan-as-confidence-in-u-s-dollar-ebbs.md) | -0.1% | -0.2% |
| USDCNY | 2021-05-25 | [China state banks buy dollars to curb rapid yuan rally -sources](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47320-china-state-banks-buy-dollars-to-curb-rapid-yuan-rally-sources.md) | -0.6% | +1.0% |
| USDCNY | 2019-10-11 | [U.S.-China currency deal won't change dollar-yuan dynamics  experts](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56819-u-s-china-currency-deal-won-t-change-dollar-yuan-dynamics-experts.md) | -0.5% | -1.7% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/china-lower-dollar-euro-yen-weightings-cfets-yuan-basket-2025-2024-12-31/

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