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The central parity rate for the yuan strengthened 72 pips to 7.0008 per dollar, its strongest since August 8, 2019. Xinhua attributed the move to a cut in the medium-term lending facility rate and progress in US-China trade talks.
A stronger yuan tied to trade progress supports the case for renewed Chinese farm purchases. The fixing alone has little direct effect on feed commodity prices.
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.
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.