
The onshore yuan rose about 1 percent in October and broke the 6.40 level against the dollar, heading for its best month since May. The author attributes the gain to strong export growth and a record trade surplus, and argues the currency can keep rising ahead of the Fed's expected taper announcement.
A firmer yuan supported by strong trade can raise China's purchasing power for imports, but this opinion piece describes a currency trend and does not signal a direct change in feed commodity demand.
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.