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Major Chinese state banks moved to support the yuan on January 22 by tightening offshore liquidity and selling dollars onshore as equities slid, according to four sources. Offshore yuan tomorrow-next forwards rose to a more than two-month high.
State intervention to firm the yuan lowers the cost of Chinese dollar-denominated purchases only marginally, so the direct effect on feed commodity prices is limited.
reuters.comJan 22, 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.
