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China's central bank will raise FX risk reserves for forward dollar purchases to 20% from zero starting September 28, making it costlier to bet against the yuan. Spot yuan barely moved on the announcement, trading near 7.15 per dollar.
The measure raises the cost of yuan shorting and may slow depreciation, which modestly supports Chinese import buying power for dollar-priced feed commodities.
investing.com26 sep 2022Na 50 eerdere neerwaarts beleid-gebeurtenissen bewoog Chinese yuan (CNY per USD) zich mediaan -0,1% over 5 sessies (46% hoger; middelste helft -0,4% tot +0,4%), en -0,0% over 20.
Bewegingen van de benchmark van elke grondstof sinds de laatste slotkoers vóór de gebeurtenis. Historische waarden bundelen eerdere gebeurtenissen van hetzelfde soort; ze beschrijven wat er gebeurde, niet wat zal gebeuren. Geen beleggingsadvies.
The FX risk reserve ratio hike effective Sept 28 raised the cost of shorting the yuan via forwards, curbing depreciation bets with a lagged effect.
The FX risk reserve hike to 20% was meant to curb yuan shorts, but spot barely reacted, so it only limited the move at the margin.
