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USD Stronger Across The Board As USD/CNH Breaks Higher

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The USD is stronger across the board, as USD/CNH breaks above CNH6.7000.

  • A fresh round of USD strength has coincided with USD/CNH breaking above CNH6.7000, a previous resistance point.
  • USD/CNH is up around 0.60% on the day so far. The moves in the G10 space are not as strong from a beta standpoint, roughly half, with AUD/USD back sub $0.7100, down 0.30%, USD/JPY up 0.40% to Y130.70.
  • Seeing stronger beta moves in USD/Asia pairs though. 1 month USD/KRW NDF up close to 0.50% to 1276, USD/TWD 1 month up 0.70% to 29.71.
  • USD/THB and USD/MYR also up strongly. USD/THB regaining 1% to THB34.42.
  • Higher US yields, weaker equities appear main cross-asset drivers, while the market is testing the China authorities resolve by ignoring another stronger CNY fix.


Fig 1: USD/CNH and USD index

Source: MNI - Market News/Bloomberg

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