# USD/CNY remains in 2-month tops near 7.02 ahead of ISM - Forex Crunch

> USD/CNY moved to fresh two-month highs beyond 7.02 after Chinese markets reopened from the Lunar New Year holiday. The move followed the PBoC's cuts to its 7-day and 14-day reverse repo rates and an extra 1.2 trillion yuan of liquidity injection.

- Date: 2020-02-03 · published 2020-02-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/5137-usd-cny-remains-in-2-month-tops-near-7-02-ahead-of-ism-forex-crunch
- Commodities: [Chinese Yuan (CNY per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDCNY.md)

## Why it matters

A weaker yuan raises the cost of dollar-priced feed imports for China. Currency pressure during the outbreak tempers near-term import buying power.

## Read by commodity

- USDCNY: bullish ▲

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USDCNY | 2020-02-03 | 1 | +1.5% | 7.3 | USD/CNY jumped past 7.02 on reopening after the holiday as PBoC rate cuts and liquidity injection added depreciation pressure. |
| USDCNY | 2020-02-03 | 5 | +1.5% | 2.8 | USD/CNY rose to two-month highs above 7.02 after the PBoC's reverse repo rate cuts and liquidity injection on reopening, which explains the yuan depreciation. |

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USDCNY | 2018-06-27 | [USD/CNY rises to highest since December 19 - Forex Crunch](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8532-usd-cny-rises-to-highest-since-december-19-forex-crunch.md) | +0.9% | +2.9% |
| USDCNY | 2020-04-02 | [USD/CNY: Expected to reach 7.15 on a three-month horizon – Nordea — Octa](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53881-usd-cny-expected-to-reach-7-15-on-a-three-month-horizon-nordea-octa.md) | -0.5% | -0.3% |
| USDCNY | 2021-01-29 | [USD/CNY: Yuan drops despite surging Chinese overnight repo rate - Forex Crunch](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49364-usd-cny-yuan-drops-despite-surging-chinese-overnight-repo-rate-forex-crunch.md) | +0.3% | +0.4% |
| USDCNY | 2020-02-03 | [USD/CNH at 2020 high as China re-opens with weak data, rate cuts amid coronavirus - Forex Crunch](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5139-usd-cnh-at-2020-high-as-china-re-opens-with-weak-data-rate-cuts-amid.md) | +1.2% | +0.6% |
| USDCNY | 2018-06-28 | [China: The yuan breaks out - Westpac - Forex Crunch](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8534-china-the-yuan-breaks-out-westpac-forex-crunch.md) | +0.5% | +2.8% |

## Sources

- forexcrunch.com: https://www.forexcrunch.com/blog/2020/02/03/usd-cny-remains-in-2-month-tops-near-7-02-ahead-of-ism/

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