“It’s certainly a tempting idea given the price-action but, in the wake of my incorrect dollar call from Wednesday, I refrained from joining the debate with conviction.”
Category: yuan
PBoC Sets Yuan Fix At Strongest Since October After Fed
The dovish bias apparent in the July Fed statement has the offshore yuan closing in on its strongest level of the year.
Look! More FX Shenanigans In China
If you’ve been following along over the past two months, you know China is engaged
Meanwhile, In China: “Relentless, All-Round” FX Shenanigans
Epic tug-of-war emerges as PBoC battles traders…
Beware Another “Epic” Yuan Squeeze
“After engineering (another) epic squeeze in late May/early June, overnight points have dipped into negative territory, 1m points are near five-year lows, the 430pm CNY closing price is back to a discount to the fix.”
“This Seems Like Intervention”: Sudden Yuan Surge, Afternoon Stock Rally Show China Hard At Work
“They may be eager to keep the onshore yuan quarter-close to near 6.8 per dollar. The quarter-end rate may be an important indicator for foreign central bank reserve managers to consider adding the yuan as assets.”
A Royal Shakeup, China’s Big Day Falls Flat, Crude Reality Bites
Ok, well for obvious reasons, the headlines overnight pretty much all revolved around: Saudi Arabia
MSCI China Inclusion: The Road To $430 Billion In Inflows
“The end game (full inclusion) could see inflows reach nearly a half trillion”…
Dollar Is Happy, Pound Is Sad, And There’s Some Yuan Shenanigans Afoot
It’s about Dudley for the dollar which rose to a three-week high versus the yen
China Didn’t Pull The Trigger: Here’s Why
Yesterday, we suggested that the most important question wasn’t whether the Fed would put a
Inside China’s FX Dice Roll
Admittedly, trying to decipher what the fuck is going on in China is a Herculean
China’s “No Bears Allowed” FX Policy Still In Spotlight Overnight
Ok, so the overnight fireworks were largely confined to early Asian trading. As noted last
Chart Check: A Disconnect Worth Watching
Something to ponder…
Trader: “We’re Struggling To Understand Why Things Are Even Happening”
“So we function in a world where risk assets keep going up while we couch everything in risk-off terms. It’s not enough that our central bankers think they can play with our heads under the fiction that they are masters of nuance, we do it to ourselves.”
China Just Murdered The Yuan Bears
The PBoC has spoken and markets, at least for the time being, have listened. Coming
Chart Of The Day: Don’t Fight The PBoC. K. Thx. Bye.
As you’re aware, some folks are talking about the yuan again. And that’s because last
“Between A Rock And A Hard Place” – China’s Latest Yuan Gambit
“Stuck between a rock and a hard place, China is likely to strengthen the yuan in order to lure foreign capital as the liquidity lifeline.”
Speculators Beware, China Just Made Things “Harder Still”
“At such times, FX intervention will become necessary to close the gap between the market price and the fixing.”
Your “Unreal, Irrational, Herd Actions” Were Pissing China Off – But They “Fixed” It
Well, this was pretty easy to see coming. When Moody’s downgraded China for the first time
“Unexplained, High-Volume Drops,” Yuan Shenanigans, And A Cartel Meeting
Well, things have been “choppy” overnight and especially around the flood of OPEC headlines that
Chinese Stocks Stage Hilarious Comeback After “Absolutely Groundless” Moody’s Downgrade
It’s all fun and games until someone gets downgraded. So last night, Moody’s handed China
Contagion Warning: “There’s Nowhere Really To Hide” As Bloodbath In Commodities Continues
Oh, boy. Well, it got worse for the beleaguered metals complex overnight. After a harrowing
Trader: “Ok, So What Do We Do Now?”
“What we’ve had so far this week, I know it’s only Tuesday, has been a repricing without the benefit of meaningful price discovery along the way. Gaps during the Asia-Pacific opening are one thing. Ones followed by flat-lined price action suggest order books emptied followed by “So what do we do now?†And if there isn’t a quick follow-through in momentum, the next question will be “What have we done?â€
Trump’s China Flip-Flop Is Complete: Treasury Declines To Apply Currency Manipulator Label
As tipped by… well, by Donald Trump himself, the Treasury department refrained from labeling China a
Two “Bigly”s: Trump WSJ Comments Battle Kim’s New Road For Overnight Supremacy
Well needless to say, Donald Trump’s comments in the Wall Street Journal (which hit at
China Calls, Hikes Rates After Fed; Kuroda Triples Down On The Laughs After BoJ
It was a fairly lively overnight session on the heels of the Fed. We start
China Trade Data “Surprises” Bigly, Shows First Deficit In 3 Years
Wednesday begins in China, where we got highly anticipated trade data that probably shouldn’t have

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