December 10, 2024 01:47 GMT
MNI: PBOC Sets Yuan Parity Higher At 7.1896 Tues; -1.71% Y/Y
MNI (BEIJING) - The People's Bank of China (PBOC) set the dollar-yuan central parity rate higher at 7.1896 on Tuesday, compared with 7.1870 set on Monday. The fixing was estimated at 7.2798 by Bloomberg survey today.
USD-CNY | EUR-CNY | JPY-CNY | |
Today's Fixing | 7.1896 | 7.6216 | 4.7852 |
Prev. Fixing | 7.1870 | 7.6198 | 4.8233 |
Prev. Official Close | 7.2760 | -- | -- |
% Chg Y/Y | -1.71 | +0.76 | +3.30 |
% Chg Since Jan. 1 | -2.53 | +2.63 | +5.06 |
% Chg Since July '05 | +15.11 | -- | -- |
The PBOC started setting daily central parity rates on Jan 4, 2007.
On July 21, 2005, China switched to a managed-float formula against a basket of currencies, weakening the yuan's peg to the dollar
Since March 17, 2014, the yuan has been allowed to move 2% in a range on either side of the daily fixing against the dollar.
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