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The PBOC's official Financial News called for widening the renminbi's plus or minus 2 percent trading band and reducing government intervention in the currency market. The band was last widened in March 2014 from 1 percent.
Greater currency flexibility signals potential future yuan volatility that could alter the relative cost of imported feed inputs in China.
After 42 past neutral policy events, Chinese Yuan (CNY per USD) moved a median -0.0% over 5 sessions (50% higher; middle half -0.3% to +0.4%), 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.