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The yuan firmed to its strongest level since June 2022 against the dollar, with exporters converting dollar holdings. The PBOC midpoint was 6.7138, its strongest since February 2023, and 590 pips weaker than the Reuters estimate.
A stronger yuan lifts China's dollar purchasing power for US farm imports, but the PBOC's weaker-than-expected fixing limits the appreciation pace.
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.