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The value of the Chinese yuan fell to a fresh 11-year low against the US dollar on Friday, fuelling worries that China has given up on achieving any progress to end the trade war with the United States in the near term and so is moving to offset the effect of new tariffs with a weaker exchange rate.
The weaker yuan, in turn, dragged down regional currencies, aided by central bank interest rate cuts, that would lead to an acceleration of capital outflows from Asia this year.
Recent signs appear to indicate that China was preparing its economy for a scenario in which no progress is made at the face-to-face trade negotiations between US and Chinese officials expected to take place in Washington next month, analysts said.
And despite the US labelling China a currency manipulator early this month to address what it sees as the unfair trade advantage resulting from a cheaper yuan, Chinese authorities let the yuan drop to its weakest level since March 2018, the seventh straight daily decline.
The drop in the yuan followed a reduction in interest rates by the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) this week. The central bank set its new one-year lending prime rate at 4.25 per cent, down from the old lending benchmark rate of 4.35 per cent, which analysts believe is the start of an easing cycle to prop up economic growth.
“Perhaps the PBOC is sending a message to the US trade hawks that it will let the yuan gradually weaken as a policy weapon to neutralise the effect of increased tariffs,” said Stephen Innes, co-founder of Valour Markets.
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The value of the Chinese yuan fell to a fresh 11-year low against the US dollar on Friday, fuelling worries that China has given up on achieving any progress to end the trade war with the United States in the near term and so is moving to offset the effect of new tariffs with a weaker exchange rate.
The weaker yuan, in turn, dragged down regional currencies, aided by central bank interest rate cuts, that would lead to an acceleration of capital outflows from Asia this year.
Recent signs appear to indicate that China was preparing its economy for a scenario in which no progress is made at the face-to-face trade negotiations between US and Chinese officials expected to take place in Washington next month, analysts said.
And despite the US labelling China a currency manipulator early this month to address what it sees as the unfair trade advantage resulting from a cheaper yuan, Chinese authorities let the yuan drop to its weakest level since March 2018, the seventh straight daily decline.
The drop in the yuan followed a reduction in interest rates by the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) this week. The central bank set its new one-year lending prime rate at 4.25 per cent, down from the old lending benchmark rate of 4.35 per cent, which analysts believe is the start of an easing cycle to prop up economic growth.
“Perhaps the PBOC is sending a message to the US trade hawks that it will let the yuan gradually weaken as a policy weapon to neutralise the effect of increased tariffs,” said Stephen Innes, co-founder of Valour Markets.
(Excerpt) Read more at scmp.com ...
