The People's Bank of China (PBOC), China's central bank, is responsible for setting the daily midpoint of the yuan (also known as renminbi or RMB). The PBOC follows a managed floating exchange rate system that allows the value of the yuan to fluctuate within a certain range, called a "band," around a central reference rate, or "midpoint." It's currently at +/- 2%.
Previous close was 7.1798
This is a change from the PBoC today, the 'damping' of the yuan has flipped. It seems the PBoC doesn't want the CNY to rise too rapidly against the hapless USD.
PBOC injected 382bn yuan via 7-day reverse repos at 1.40%
- 135bn yuan matured today
- net injection 247bn yuan
