People's Bank of China (PBOC) sets yuan reference rate at 6.3975

  • Sets the mid point for the yuan slightly stronger than yesterday's 6.4010
  • -1.9% on Tuesday
  • -1.6% on Wednesday
  • -1.1% Thursday
  • And now the yuan strengthens by 0.05% today

Smallest.

Correction.

Ever?

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AUD (the world's favourite China proxy) added 10 points or so (AUD/USD)

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I posted a preview of the fixing today, here

As I said, there, the move by the PBOC to halt the devaluation trend (at least for today) is a positive input for 'risk', although the impact of the fix had declined hugely by yesterday. Still, a net positive for the AUD ... though only small.