PBOC sets USD/ CNY mid-point today at 6.7884 (vs. estimate at 6.7885)

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

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 6.7850

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PBoC injects 203bn yuan of 7-day reverse repos at an unchanged rate of 2.0%

• 23bn yuan of RRs mature today
• thus a net injection of 180bn yuan on the day in open market operations

For the week the net injection is 602bn yuan

Over the last 3 days more than 1tln yuan has been net injected into domestic markets to ease the cash scramble.

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