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The Chinese central bank relaxed its yuan hedging rules as the currency bounced to a near two-year peak against the dollar. The move follows easing capital outflows and gives authorities confidence to loosen their control of a currency that weakened sharply in 2016.
Easier hedging rules make it cheaper to buy dollars against the yuan, which can reduce pressure on the yuan and affect the cost of dollar-priced grain imports. The policy change is a currency measure with limited direct effect on feed commodity prices.
reuters.comSep 11, 2017After 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.
The PBOC's relaxation of yuan hedging rules on 2017-09-11 is a same-day policy shift signaling comfort with a stronger yuan and easing outflow pressure, directly matching the 1-day move.
