Free Trial

Yuan Faces Depreciation as US Turns Hawkish: Journal

CHINA PRESS
MNI (Singapore)

The market should be prepared for a depreciating yuan in the near term as the Federal Reserve's hawkish turn raises the prospect of a higher U.S. dollar index, the China Securities Journal reported citing analysts. The PBOC may take various measures if the yuan is judged to be moving too quickly in either way, the newspaper said citing Zhang Ming, deputy director of the Institute of Finance & Banking at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Both onshore and offshore yuan have weakened more than 1,000 points to around 6.47 after peaking in end-May, the newspaper said.

To read the full story

Close

Why MNI

MNI is the leading provider

of intelligence and analysis on the Global Fixed Income, Foreign Exchange and Energy markets. We use an innovative combination of real-time analysis, deep fundamental research and journalism to provide unique and actionable insights for traders and investors. Our "All signal, no noise" approach drives an intelligence service that is succinct and timely, which is highly regarded by our time constrained client base.

Our Head Office is in London with offices in Chicago, Washington and Beijing, as well as an on the ground presence in other major financial centres across the world.