China's commercial banks sold a net $15.9 billion of foreign exchange in May, compared to a net sell of $38.1 billion in April, according to the State Administration of Foreign Exchange. From January to May, the net sell amounted to $78.8 billion. The banks sold a total of 1.36 trillion yuan of foreign exchange in May. The forex market saw a generally stable operation with a net forex settlement deficit of 113.3 billion yuan (approximately $15.92 billion) in May. Forex purchases by commercial banks stood at 1.25 trillion yuan, while sales reached 1.36 trillion yuan. Foreign holdings of yuan bonds traded on China's interbank market stood at 4.22 trillion yuan at the end of May, according to the PBOC Shanghai Head Office.
CHINA'S FOREX MARKET SAW GENERALLY STABLE OPERATION WITH A NET FOREX SETTLEMENT DEFICIT OF 113.3 BLN YUAN (ABOUT $15.92 BLN) IN MAY. FOREX PURCHASES BY COMMERCIAL BANKS STOOD AT 1.25 TLN YUAN, WHILE SALES REACHED 1.36 TLN YUAN: STATE ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE
China's #forex market saw generally stable operation with a net forex settlement deficit of 113.3 bln yuan (about $15.92 bln) in May. Forex purchases by commercial banks stood at 1.25 tln yuan, while sales reached 1.36 tln yuan: State Administration of Foreign Exchange https://t.co/JtY0WCYZdQ
The first fx intervention proxies for China in May are out, and --unsurprisingly -- the PBOC balance sheet data doesn't show anything much. -3b in May, which is basically nothing. All the recent activity has been in settlement 1/ https://t.co/aixe1uEu64
⚠️ FOREIGN HOLDINGS OF YUAN BONDS TRADED ON CHINA'S INTERBANK MARKET STAND AT 4.22 TRLN YUAN AT END-MAY - PBOC SHANGHAI HEAD OFFICE
⚠️ CHINA COMMERCIAL BANKS SELL NET $15.9 BLN OF FOREX IN MAY VS NET SELL OF $38.1 BLN IN APRIL - FX REGULATOR **CHINA COMMERCIAL BANKS SELL NET $78.8 BLN OF FOREX IN JAN-MAY - FX REGULATOR
⚠️ CHINA FX REGULATOR: **COMMERCIAL BANKS SOLD NET $15.9 BLN OF FOREX IN MAY **COMMERCIAL BANKS SOLD NET $78.8 BLN OF FOREX IN JAN-MAY
CHINA BANKS SOLD 1.36 TRLN YUAN OF TOTAL FX IN MAY.