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China's foreign exchange regulator phoned several banks to warn them against aggressively selling the yuan, according to people with direct knowledge. The calls signal official discomfort with the currency's recent slide, and the yuan rebounded to 6.8605 per dollar offshore.
A weaker yuan raises the cost of Chinese imports of feed inputs priced in dollars and can shift Chinese buying of US soybeans and corn; intervention to stabilise the yuan eases that pressure somewhat.
reuters.comAug 24, 2022After 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.
