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Overnight offshore yuan funding rates in Hong Kong surged to record highs above 80 percent, which traders believe was orchestrated by Chinese authorities. The spike made it prohibitively expensive to borrow yuan for short-selling.
The move hit bearish yuan positions.
Higher offshore yuan funding costs squeezed speculators betting on a weaker yuan, which can influence the USD/CNY rate that shapes China's import purchasing power for feed ingredients.
reuters.com15 de jan. de 2017Após 362 eventos baixista de macro passados, Yuan chinês (CNY por USD) subiu em mediana -0,1% em 5 sessões (42% de alta; metade central de -0,4% a +0,1%), e -0,2% em 20.
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Record offshore overnight funding rates above 80% made shorting the yuan prohibitively expensive, forcing short covering and pushing USD/CNY lower.
Record offshore funding rates above 80% made yuan shorting prohibitively expensive, squeezing bears and supporting the yuan around this period.
