People's Bank of China set the onshore yuan (CNY) reference rate for the trading session ahead.

  • USD/CNY is the onshore yuan. Its permitted to trade plus or minus 2% from this daily reference rate.
  • CNH is the offshore yuan. USD /CNH has no restrictions on its trading range.
  • A significantly stronger or weaker rate than expected is typically considered a signal from the PBOC.

The previous close was 6.9783.

The reference rate today at 6.9748 is the weakest for CNY since December 29.

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PBOC injects 2bn yuan in open market operations (OMOs) via 7 day reverse repos (RRs) at an unchanged rate of 2%

  • 2bn yuan of RRs mature today
  • thus a net neutral on the day

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Offshore yuan, USD/CNH resistance:

usdcnh 17 May 2023