MNI: PBOC Sets Yuan Parity Higher At 7.1937 Weds; +0.33% Y/Y
May-21 01:41
China
MNI (BEIJING) - The People's Bank of China (PBOC) set the dollar-yuan central parity rate higher at 7.1937 on Wednesday, compared with 7.1931 set on Tuesday. The fixing was estimated at 7.2181 by Bloomberg survey today.
| USD-CNY | EUR-CNY | JPY-CNY | |
| Today's Fixing | 7.1937 | 8.1265 | 4.9908 |
| Prev. Fixing | 7.1931 | 8.0810 | 4.9691 |
| Prev. Official Close | 7.2207 | -- | -- |
| % Chg Y/Y | +0.33 | -4.63 | -8.66 |
| % Chg Since Jan. 1 | +1.08 | -7.82 | -7.58 |
| % Chg Since July '05 | +15.05 | -- | -- |
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.
