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The onshore yuan finished near a 28-month low against the dollar and was on track for its biggest weekly loss since April. The yuan weakened past 7.1 per dollar as the US-China yield differential widened to its largest since 2007.
Traders were positioning for further Federal Reserve hikes to fight inflation.
Continued yuan weakness reflects tighter US monetary policy and a widening rate gap that pressures Chinese currency and capital flows. A weaker yuan can reduce Chinese import buying power for feed ingredients over time.
brecorder.comReutersSep 23, 2022After 398 past bullish macro events, Chinese Yuan (CNY per USD) moved a median +0.0% over 5 sessions (56% higher; middle half -0.3% to +0.5%), 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.
Yuan slid past 7.1 on 9/23 as the US-China yield differential widened to its largest since 2007 amid expected Fed hikes, a direct driver of the early-window CNY weakening.
