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Post-CPI USD Strength Tips USD/CNH to New Multi-month Highs

CHINA
  • With markets closed for Lunar New Year, CNH trade remains pinned to international, rather than local, conditions - with hotter-than-expected supercore CPI driving USD/CNH today. Despite that, CNH strength is noted against a number of other currencies outside of the greenback, with CNH/JPY also breaking to new highs and narrowing the gap with 20.9411, the cycle high posted in November last year.
  • The pair's daily high at 7.2325 puts prices clear of the 100-dma resistance at 7.2236 and a close at current or higher levels would be the first close above since April of last year - a technical break that pre-saged the ~6% rally to ~7.28.
  • A more muted vol backdrop will be helping markets add to CNH gains - 1m USD/CNH implied vol has dropped to ~3 points Tuesday, the lowest level since last year's New Year celebrations.
  • Softer USD/CNH Call vol is evident, with the front-end of the risk reversals curve under pressure - tipping the 3m contract in favour of puts for first time in three months.

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