The People's Bank of China set the onshore yuan (CNY) reference rate for the trading session ahead.

  • USD/CNY is permitted to trade plus or minus 2% from this daily reference rate.
  • CNH is the offshore yuan. USD/CNH has no restrictions on its trading range.

  • The previous close was 6.4620
  • Reuters estimate was 6.4663 (A rate that's significantly stronger or weaker than expected is typically considered a signal from the PBOC).

Friday saw the strongest setting for CNY since the end of June. The mid-rate 340 points lower for USD/CNY (higher for CNY). A huge jump, the largest since November of last year.

PBOC injects 10bn yuan via 7-day reverse repos

  • 10bn RRs mature today

  • thus a net neutral for open market operations on the day