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The People's Bank of China set the USD/CNY reference rate at 6.7156, versus the previous fix of 6.7180. The fix came in weaker for the yuan than a Reuters estimate of 6.6783.
A fix weaker than market estimates signals Beijing is not pushing the yuan stronger, which limits the currency tailwind for Chinese buying of dollar-priced commodities.
After 169 past neutral macro events, Chinese Yuan (CNY per USD) moved a median +0.0% over 5 sessions (50% higher; middle half -0.3% to +0.2%), and -0.0% 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.