China will establish an international operation centre for e-CNY in Shanghai, People's Bank of China Governor Pan Gongsheng said
To curb overreliance on a single currency, China is pushing for a multi-polar currency system with the digital renminbi at its centre
At 1140 GMT, the rouble was up 2% at 81.1 against the U.S. dollar, LSEG data based on over-the-counter quotes showed
The payments, which require the firms to convert yuan into Hong Kong dollars, are set to rise to $36.1 billion for the April-to-June period
The Reserve Bank of India was ready to let the rupee weaken in line with the yuan after Donald Trump won US elections last year. The yuan has declined about 0.6 per cent against the dollar this month
The rupee fell by 0.5 per cent to settle at 86.26 per dollar, against the previous close of 85.86 per dollar. The Indian unit weakened 0.6 per cent on Monday
The onshore yuan fell to its weakest level since September 2023 as Beijing signals policy shift to support exporters and counter US trade pressure
Canadian dollar, Mexican peso down after Monday rebound
Investors' focus will be the Federal Reserve's policy this week. The Fed is widely expected to make no changes to the policy rate and no new projections on inflation and rates are due at this meeting
The rupee may touch the 86-per-dollar mark in the short term, said Jigar Trivedi, a senior analyst at Reliance Securities, who recommends buying the dollar-rupee pair on every dip
The RBI's frequent interventions have supported the rupee in the face of multiple headwinds, including a hawkish shift in the Federal Reserve's outlook for policy rates over 2025, concerns about India
The rupee had settled at Rs 84.80 per dollar on Friday
A decline in the yuan and elevated US bond yields had weighed on the rupee through the session and the currency declined further after the trade data was released
China's 10-year and 30-year sovereign bond yields fell over 4 basis points each to record lows of 1.7650 per cent and 1.9950 per cent, respectively
Peter Navarro, Trump's new senior counselor for trade and manufacturing, said White House would not interfere with the Treasury's review to see foreign trade partners are not manipulating currencies
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