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China Marks the Yuan Lower a Third Time
WSJ ^ | Aug. 12, 2015 | Ewen Chew

Posted on 08/12/2015 6:54:11 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

China Marks the Yuan Lower a Third Time

USD/CNY closed Wednesday at 6.3870 and its fixing was at 6.3306

By Ewen Chew

Updated Aug. 12, 2015 9:26 p.m. ET

0122 GMT [Dow Jones] China’s central bank has adjusted the daily yuan benchmark weaker for a third day, moving the USD/CNY fixing to 6.4010 from 6.3306 on Wednesday. The move sent proxy currency pairs USD/KRW and USD/SGD higher, but not by much yet. Traders are awaiting the USD/CNY spot market opening in a few minutes to cement conviction that Asian currencies are going to fall again.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; chinadevaluation; devaluation; economy; yuan; yuandevaluation

1 posted on 08/12/2015 6:54:11 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster; PAR35; AndyJackson; Thane_Banquo; nicksaunt; MadLibDisease; happygrl; ...

P!


2 posted on 08/12/2015 6:54:52 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Not good.


3 posted on 08/12/2015 6:55:44 PM PDT by kabar
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Trump is the only one speaking out against China or Mexico.And Trump is right. China launched a currency war against the USA and continued it today.

China is waging a currency war against the USA:
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-the-dollars-rise-led-to-the-yuan-devaluation-2015-08-11

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/china-could-trigger-the-biggest-financial-rout-since-2008-2015-08-12?mod=MW_story_top_stories


4 posted on 08/12/2015 6:56:54 PM PDT by Democrat_media (obamatrade = millions more 3rd world socialist immigrats)
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To: TigerLikesRooster
That's aggressive hostile... is China worried about Hillary's emails?
5 posted on 08/12/2015 6:57:10 PM PDT by GOPJ (Research facilities aren't useing a million aborted babies a year. Where's the rest ?)
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To: expat_panama

This is getting to be like wiping your butt with a hula hoop. There ain’t no end to it.


6 posted on 08/12/2015 6:58:04 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

This won’t end well.


7 posted on 08/12/2015 7:00:42 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

China is going to depeg the yuan from the dollar.


8 posted on 08/12/2015 7:14:26 PM PDT by Obadiah (Mr. Obama, the time for honoring yourself will soon be at an end.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Here’s what the Central Planners must feel like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Sj89hMVYhI

You centrally planned an entire economy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLrpBLDWyCI


9 posted on 08/12/2015 7:31:27 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Democrat_media

Obi Wan Trump, you’re our only hope!


10 posted on 08/12/2015 7:32:10 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

Except the end you started with.


11 posted on 08/12/2015 7:32:34 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Oh boy, I’ll bet Harbor Freight will *pay me* now to take those cheap little flashlights they were giving away.


12 posted on 08/12/2015 8:29:56 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

The strength of the dollar should be devaluing the yuan by itself...China must be in far worse shape than they let on!


13 posted on 08/12/2015 8:35:44 PM PDT by rwh
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To: rwh
China has been dumping money for several years to boost real estate and stock markets. It finally ran its course. Transforming their export-oriented growth model into domestic consumption-oriented one is not working. Not fast enough anyway, which should surprise no one.
14 posted on 08/12/2015 8:41:50 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
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