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The yuan retreated from a 17-month high on Monday as investors unwound long positions after the PBOC cut the FX forward reserve requirement to zero from 20%. The move lowered the cost of shorting the yuan following a recent sharp rally.
Analysts differed on whether the central bank was signaling discomfort with yuan gains.
A softer yuan raises USD/CNY and makes dollar-priced Chinese imports of soybeans and other feed inputs relatively more expensive for Chinese buyers. The direction of the effect on feed prices is uncertain.
thesun.myOct 11, 2020After 398 past bullish macro events, Chinese Yuan (CNY per USD) moved a median +0.0% over 5 sessions (56% higher; middle half -0.3% to +0.5%), and +0.0% 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.
