The yuan rose to a one-week high on March 18 after the Federal Reserve signaled it was in no hurry to raise rates, which pressured the dollar. The PBOC set its midpoint at a near one-week high of 6.4859 per dollar.
A firmer yuan modestly boosts China's purchasing power for imported feed ingredients, a slight supportive factor for 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.
After 1,637 past bearish macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (39% higher; middle half -0.6% to +0.3%), 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.