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SAFE Sees CNY Expectations Stable After Weakest Fix vs. Exp Since 2020

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  • China's FX regulator SAFE states the FX market has operated steadily across August, with CNY expectations broadly stable for now.
  • The headlines follow clear concern around yuan depreciation among the China authorities, with today's fixing being the weakest relative to expectations since early 2020 at -120pips.
  • Historically, the fixing trend has been used to slow the direction of the CNY rather than alter the trend. The market may still feel relative fundamentals are skewed towards higher USD/CNH levels, particularly with further monetary easing possible from China before year end.
  • Overnight, we wrote Market Implied Probabilities Still Suggest USD/CNH Can Breach 7.00 Before Year-End: https://marketnews.com/market-implied-probabilitie...
  • Nonetheless, the CNH NEER FX rate is little changed across August and remains well off the YTD lows printed in May, which may soothe concerns among the Chinese authorities for now:
Figure 1: CNH NEER remains above YTD lows

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