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China Sends Hawkish Fed A Message - Devalues Yuan Near 2016 Lows Posted: 19 May 2016 06:36 AM PDT Just as we warned was probable, The PBOC sent a message loud and clear to the newly hawkish Fed following today's surge in the dollar after the minutes were released. With the 2nd biggest daily devaluation since the August collapse, China pushed the Yuan fix against the USD down to its lowest since early February - barely above the January lows. As we warned earlier, the China-Panic trade looms loud now as turmoil appears all that is left to stop The Fed unleashing another round of liquidity-suckiong rate hikes sooner than the market wants. All eyes have been firmly focus on the Yuan's move against the USD but in fact the Yuan has been falling non-stop against the world's major currencies... The critical issue now is that the U.S. dollar is appreciating again. The Bloomberg Dollar index is up 2.8% in the last two weeks and another 2% wouldn't be an unreasonable consolidation in the context of it dropping more than 7% in the previous three months. That previous dollar slide distracted from the fact that yuan depreciation never abated. Against the basket, it's been weakening at an average rate of almost 1.2% per month for the last five months. Read the entire article

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