MILAN – Even a depreciation of the yuan. The Chinese central bank decided to devalue the currency by a further one percent against the dollar. And ‘the third devaluation in less than 72 hours. The exchange rate is now of 6.4010 yuan against the dollar, said the China Foreign Exchange Trade System. Yesterday was 6.3306. The yuan was devalued in three days of 4.65%. The value set by the PBOC is to average around which can swing of plus or minus 2%.
After the initial panic, today the markets try to respond. Milan Stock increased by 1.4%, Frankfurt 1.44%, Paris 1.7% and London 0.7% in the wake of the Asian markets. The Tokyo Stock Exchange has absorbed the blow and, despite the uncertainty of the start, ended trade at + 0.99%. The Nikkei index recovered 202.78 points and stood at 20,595.55 share. Also New York yesterday closed exchanges in recovery, with the Dow Jones, the S & amp; P and Nasdaq slightly above parity. In Bombay, the Sensex gained 0.52%. Slight lift to Sydney (+ 0.12%), more determined instead to the Singapore Stock Exchange (+ 1.17%). Hong Kong (+ 0.69%) and Shanghai (+ 0.8%) bounce for the first time in three days.
The ‘goal of People’s Bank of China ( PBOC, China’s central bank), that as of last Tuesday led the massive devaluation of the yuan over the past 20 years, “is to let the market decide the exchange rate of the Chinese currency.” The PBOC will refrain by regular interventions on the foreign exchange market, “he said Yi Gang, deputy governor of the PBOC in a press conference in Beijing and added that the exchange rate will be maintained at a level” more or less stable “and” reasonable. “China was based fixing the currency of a sonndaggio between market, but has now announced that it will take into account the fixing of the day before, and the supply and demand of major currencies. After the move Tuesday the Chinese Central Bank has lowered twice more its main rate: overall the total impairment recorded by the yuan is the highest since 1994, when it was established its modern foreign exchange market with a devaluation of 33% in one go.
After the protests of Western world for the series of unilateral actions of Beijing, the Chinese government is justified by explaining the need to intervene in support of the country’s economic recovery. On the other hand, the manufacturing industry is showing signs of slowing down (+ 6% in July, below estimates) as exports and retail sales grew by “only” 10.5%. A thesis also married by International Monetary Fund that greeted positively the double devaluation of the yuan by defining the operation as an array of markets worldwide. Same view for Standard & amp; Poor’s. The Fund in a report released earlier this year called for the creation of a single currency market opened to foreigners paving the way to ‘incorporation of the yuan in the “basket” of major currencies used by the IMF to determine the value of Special Drawing Rights Drawing, the international currency issued by the Fund.
In this scenario of war between currencies, the ‘ € has stopped the rise and falls to 1.1129 against the dollar. The currency euorpea takes a break after that in recent sessions the market, following the devaluation of the Chinese yuan, saw it as a safe haven alternative to the dollar. Among investors there is also uncertain whether, after the Chinese move, the US Federal Reserve will decide in each case the expected rate hike in September. Asia date back some currencies in the region as the Australian dollar (+ 0.3% to 73.9) and Singapore (0.3%).
In terms of raw materials, oil rebounds after the minimum six years reached Tuesday. WTI crude oil strengthens the rise seen in New York yesterday and gained 10 cents to $ 43.4 a barrel. Brent grows to $ 49.85 (+19 cents). China is the second largest importer, but the currency weak against the dollar is likely to reduce its purchases. Falling prices for gold: the World Gold Council estimated a drop in demand of 12% in the second quarter, especially from China and India, while there has been a recovery of Europe and the United States. Experts still leave open the possibility that in the second half, the season of weddings in India, there is a recovery in demand thanks to lower prices. The metal for immediate delivery lost as 1.9% to $ 1,122 an ounce. “The situation will stabilize,” says the Central Bank, although many economists fear of triggering a domino effect.
Europe , stand inflation data . Consumer prices in France in July were down 0.4% from June and up 0.2% on an annual basis. The consensus of analysts was in line with the economic situation and expected an increase of 0.3 percent on year. In Germany in July rose by 0.2% on the previous month. Confirmed the annual growth of 0.2 percent. Both figures match with the expectations of analysts.
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