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The offshore yuan rose from 6.87 per dollar on May 23 to a low of 6.72 on June 1 after the central bank stepped in to strengthen the currency. The move forced speculators to unwind long dollar positions and prompted onshore exporters to resume hedging.
The yuan rally followed Moody's credit rating cut.
A sudden yuan rally raises Chinese import purchasing power and shifts currency hedging, a modest indirect influence on feed commodity prices.
centralbanking.comBlake Evans-PritchardJun 2, 2017After 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.
Central bank support forced speculators to unwind long-dollar positions and exporters to resume hedging, pushing the yuan stronger over the window.
It describes central bank-driven yuan strengthening that forced speculators to unwind long-dollar positions around the move date, though it was published afterward.
