MNI: PBOC Sets Yuan Parity Higher At 7.0865 Thurs; +1.76% Y/Y
Nov-13 01:33
China
MNI (BEIJING) - The People's Bank of China (PBOC) set the dollar-yuan central parity rate higher at 7.0865 on Thursday, compared with 7.0833 set on Wednesday. The fixing was estimated at 7.1148 by Bloomberg survey today.
| USD-CNY | EUR-CNY | JPY-CNY | |
| Today's Fixing | 7.0865 | 8.2223 | 4.5878 |
| Prev. Fixing | 7.0833 | 8.2152 | 4.6035 |
| Prev. Official Close | 7.1172 | -- | -- |
| % Chg Y/Y | +1.76 | -7.35 | +1.66 |
| % Chg Since Jan. 1 | +2.55 | -8.89 | +0.53 |
| % Chg Since July '05 | +16.79 | -- | -- |
The PBOC started setting daily central parity rates on Jan 4, 2007.
On July 21, 2005, China switched to a managed-float formula against a basket of currencies, weakening the yuan's peg to the dollar
Since March 17, 2014, the yuan has been allowed to move 2% in a range on either side of the daily fixing against the dollar.
