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China's central banks do not allow a significant drop in the yuan, urging major state banks to reduce their purchases of US dollars.
Orders from Chinese officials come when the yuan faces heavy downward pressure amid dramatic additional tariffs on Chinese goods exported to the US
Last week, US President Donald Trump announced so-called “mutual” tariffs on trading partners around the world. The total tax on China grew to 104% since Wednesday morning after Asian countries refused to succumb to Trump's demands.
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Orders from Chinese officials come when the yuan faces heavy downward pressure amid dramatic additional tariffs on Chinese goods exported to the US (Reuters/Kevin Lamarck/Reuters)
In his announcement last week, Trump said there will be a 34% tariff on China in addition to the 20% mandatory he imposed earlier this year. China retaliated by matching the 34% tariff, urging Trump to impose an additional 50% tariff if Beijing did not drop tariffs on US goods by the Tuesday afternoon deadline.
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According to Reuters, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) has sent new guidance this week to state banks to national banks, calling for them to withhold the purchase of US dollars in their own accounts.
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The People's Bank of China has asked the provincial banks to withhold the purchase of US dollars in their own accounts. (Getty Images)
Large banks have been told to step up checks when performing dollar purchase orders for clients, with the view of the mobile market as a way for central banks to curb speculative transactions, the outlet reported.
According to the outlet, China's large state banks sold the dollar and actively bought the yuan to slow the pace of the yuan decline in the land-based spot market on Wednesday.
China's central bank will not rely on Yuan devaluation to ease the blow from exports and the economy's overall tariffs, Reuters reported.
The total collection that the US is leviing against China has grown to 104% since Wednesday. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images / Getty Images)
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“It can undermine market confidence, so there is no sharp depreciation, but modest depreciation can help exports,” a policy advisor told the outlet.
“We should also support key companies through subsidies, tax rebates or market diversification,” the person added.
The PBOC's focus on the stable original move suggests that the priorities remain stable in financial markets as the trade war with the US is strictly challenging the competitiveness of China's large export sector.
Reuters contributed to this report.
