
China's central bank set a weaker-than-expected daily yuan fixing despite the offshore currency rising to a more than four-year high. The offshore yuan broke the 6.65 level on Friday and strengthened to about 6.645 by early Monday.
Beijing's caution over the pace of appreciation limits the currency's upward move, which bears on import costs and the dollar-denominated value of Chinese purchases of US farm goods.
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.