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 6.4440
  • Reuters estimate was 6.4507. A significantly stronger or weaker rate than expected is typically considered a signal from the PBOC.

Strongest for the CNY since June 18

PBOC injects 10bn yuan via 7-day reverse repos

  • 10bn RRs mature today

  • thus net neutral on the day

Note, I'm expecting the latest from the People's Bank of China on its 1 year Medium-Term Lending Facility (MLF) Rate sometime this week, between today and Thursday.