- PBOC told banks to hold off on immediate USD purchases in interbank market
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14 tháng 9 2023
PBOC told banks to hold off on immediate USD purchases in interbank market
Citing two sources with knowledge of the matter, Reuters reported on Thursday, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) urged some of the country's biggest banks to leave their forex market open positions for a while in order to alleviate downside pressure on the Yuan.
Key takeaways
PBOC asks some banks to hold off on immediate Dollar purchases in the interbank market to square foreign exchange positions.
Banks told to hold such open FX positions until net exposure hits a certain level.
Market reaction
Despite China’s central bank’s efforts to stabilize the Yuan, USD/CNY is trading better bid near 7.2710, as of writing.
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