MNI: PBOC Sets Yuan Parity Lower At 7.1460 Tues; +1.07% Y/Y
Jul-22 01:21
China
MNI (BEIJING) - The People's Bank of China (PBOC) set the dollar-yuan central parity rate lower at 7.1460 on Tuesday, compared with 7.1522 set on Monday. The fixing was estimated at 7.1640 by Bloomberg survey today.
| USD-CNY | EUR-CNY | JPY-CNY | |
| Today's Fixing | 7.1460 | 8.3601 | 4.8514 |
| Prev. Fixing | 7.1522 | 8.3228 | 4.8255 |
| Prev. Official Close | 7.1768 | -- | -- |
| % Chg Y/Y | +1.07 | -7.08 | -4.10 |
| % Chg Since Jan. 1 | +1.70 | -10.40 | -4.93 |
| % Chg Since July '05 | +15.81 | -- | -- |
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.
