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Asked about the potential for the Trump administration to try to weaken the dollar's value through a new version of the 1985 Plaza Accord, Yellen said that the Biden administration believes it's best
Letting the yuan depreciate could make Chinese exports cheaper, thus blunting the impact of tariffs, and creating looser monetary settings in mainland China
President Xi Jinping, at a symposium on Dec. 6, urged full preparation to achieve 2025 economic targets, and said the country's current development faces many challenges
The dollar received some support overnight from better-than-expected U.S. manufacturing data, which also showed a mitigation in price increases
The current dollar tranche would consist of a 5.5-year, 10.5-year and 30-year dollar bond, a term sheet seen by Reuters showed. Alibaba is also working on a 3.5-year, 5-year, 10-year and 20-year
The yuan risks years of downward pressure during the second Trump presidency, and the threat of another trade war is already fueling bets against the currency
The euro languished at a seven-month trough and the yuan slumped to its lowest in more than three months, with Europe and China both targets of potential Trump tariffs
Market participants said that the RBI asked some banks to refrain from speculative trading against the rupee
The contrasting fortunes have carried over into August. The offshore Chinese yuan climbed to nearly 7.11 on Monday, its best level since the first week of this year
Market participants said that the Indian currency did not depreciate further as the Reserve Bank of India intervened in the foreign exchange market by selling dollars
The shifting Fed expectations lifted oil prices and dragged Treasury yields to their lowest in two months after data this week hinted the US labour market was easing
The move comes as US Treasury yields pushed to a near four-week peak lifting the greenback higher
The yuan fell 0.47% against the dollar in March, while the dollar last month rose 0.31% against a basket of other major currencies
Hours after the announcement, regulators added more measures to bolster the slumping property and stock markets
The People's Bank of China maintained the rate on its one-year policy loans on Monday, disappointing investors expecting the first trim since August
The People's Bank of China offered commercial lenders 1.45 trillion yuan ($204 billion) via its medium-term lending facility - 800 billion yuan more than the expected maturity this month
Indian Oil Corp., the biggest state refiner, had made a yuan payment for Russian crude in the past, although the government has since clamped down on that
Weakening Yuan puts pressure; seen largely stable in 2023
The Hang Seng Index is down more than 8 per cent this year, ranking among the biggest global losers
China will resolutely prevent excessive adjustment in the yuan, the People's Bank of China said in its monetary policy report