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An opinion piece argues that the US dollar, Swiss franc and yen attracted safe-haven flows during the coronavirus crisis, while the renminbi came under pressure. The renminbi holds only about 2% of allocated central bank reserves according to the IMF.
The author says Beijing must improve monetary transparency and open its financial markets.
Safe-haven demand for the dollar supports the greenback, which typically weighs on dollar-denominated commodity prices and can make imports pricier for emerging-market buyers.
scmp.comDavid BrownApr 20, 2020After 2,356 past bullish macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (60% higher; middle half -0.3% to +0.7%), and +0.4% 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.
