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China's yuan has weakened more than 5% against the dollar this year and has recently been pressed to the lower end of its trading band as the dollar strengthened. The article explains that the central bank's midpoint fixing mechanism, including a counter-cyclical factor, has been set far firmer than expected, partly restraining the yuan's moves.
A weaker yuan makes Chinese buying of dollar-priced feed ingredients like soybeans and corn costlier, which can dampen Chinese import demand and pressure global prices.
finance.yahoo.comReutersSep 28, 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.
