MNI (BEIJING) - The People's Bank of China (PBOC) set the dollar-yuan central parity rate lower at 7.1729 on Thursday, compared with 7.1761 set on Tuesday. The fixing was estimated at 7.1905 by Bloomberg survey today.
| USD-CNY | EUR-CNY | JPY-CNY | |
| Today's Fixing | 7.1729 | 8.2395 | 4.9547 |
| Prev. Fixing | 7.1761 | 8.2558 | 4.9456 |
| Prev. Official Close | 7.1868 | -- | -- |
| % Chg Y/Y | +1.06 | -6.97 | -9.18 |
| % Chg Since Jan. 1 | +1.56 | -9.08 | -6.91 |
| % Chg Since July '05 | +15.38 | -- | -- |
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.