MNI: PBOC Sets Yuan Parity Lower At 7.0816 Mon; +2.04% Y/Y
Nov-17 02:24
China
MNI (BEIJING) - The People's Bank of China (PBOC) set the dollar-yuan central parity rate lower at 7.0816 on Monday, compared with 7.0825 set on Friday. The fixing was estimated at 7.0976 by Bloomberg survey today.
| USD-CNY | EUR-CNY | JPY-CNY | |
| Today's Fixing | 7.0816 | 8.2296 | 4.5859 |
| Prev. Fixing | 7.0825 | 8.2403 | 4.5846 |
| Prev. Official Close | 7.1007 | -- | -- |
| % Chg Y/Y | +2.04 | -8.08 | +2.32 |
| % Chg Since Jan. 1 | +2.79 | -8.98 | +0.58 |
| % Chg Since July '05 | +16.87 | -- | -- |
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.
