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The yuan has weakened against its trade-weighted basket over the past three weeks, partly due to dollar slide and partly due to rising US-China tensions. Analysts expect geopolitical risks to limit any yuan rally before the US election.
Heightened US-China tension raises the risk to Chinese purchases of US farm goods under the phase one deal, a factor that can weigh on US grain and soybean prices.
gulf-times.comBloomberg /SingaporeJul 31, 2020After 10 past bearish geopolitics events, Chinese Yuan (CNY per USD) moved a median -0.3% over 5 sessions (40% higher; middle half -0.5% to +0.2%), and -0.8% over 20.
After 53 past bearish geopolitics events, Soybeans moved a median -0.3% over 5 sessions (47% higher; middle half -1.9% to +1.2%), and +1.0% over 20.
After 87 past bearish geopolitics events, Corn moved a median +0.1% over 5 sessions (51% higher; middle half -1.5% to +2.1%), and +0.3% 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.
