January 22, 2025 01:28 GMT
MNI: PBOC Sets Yuan Parity Lower At 7.1696 Wed; -1.18% Y/Y
MNI (BEIJING) - The People's Bank of China (PBOC) set the dollar-yuan central parity rate lower at 7.1696 on Wednesday, compared with 7.1703 set on Tuesday. The fixing was estimated at 7.2659 by Bloomberg survey today.
USD-CNY | EUR-CNY | JPY-CNY | |
Today's Fixing | 7.1696 | 7.4976 | 4.6408 |
Prev. Fixing | 7.1703 | 7.5002 | 4.6550 |
Prev. Official Close | 7.2798 | -- | -- |
% Chg Y/Y | -1.18 | +3.61 | +3.88 |
% Chg Since Jan. 1 | +0.26 | -0.09 | -0.61 |
% Chg Since July '05 | +15.43 | -- | -- |
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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