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Chinese yuan weakens to 6.6899 against USD

10 May '22
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Pic: Shutterstock
Pic: Shutterstock

The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or yuan, weakened 567 pips (percentage in point) to 6.6899 against the US dollar on May 9, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System. In China's spot foreign exchange market, the yuan is allowed to rise or fall by 2 per cent from the central parity rate each trading day.

The central parity rate of the yuan against the US dollar is based on a weighted average of prices offered by market makers before the opening of the interbank market each business day.

The country’s economy faces a shrinking job market as well as an aging population amid the COVID-19-induced slowdown. A recent survey conducted by the China Institute for Employment Research (CIER) at the Renmin University of China and job search website Zhaopin indicates that the number of jobs available per applicant among fresh university graduates in China fell to 0.88 in the fourth quarter of 2021, a Hong Kong daily reported.

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