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China's central bank guided the yuan to its strongest level against the dollar since its 2015 devaluation, setting the reference rate at 6.2816 on Tuesday. The move followed a surge in the currency on Monday, and market participants disagreed about the cause.
A stronger yuan lowers China's cost of dollar-priced imports, which can modestly support Chinese buying of US commodities. The effect on feed-grain prices is limited unless the trend persists.
wsj.comSaumya VaishampayanMar 27, 2018After 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.
