Having yesterday expressed clearly that there was no desire to see the Yuan depreciate, The PBOC weakened the Yuan fix by 0.16% to one-month lows. This sent offshore Yuan notably lower back to post-RRR-Cut lows. For the 2nd day in a row, PBOC also decided to ‘skip’ open market operations (due to ample liquidity according to their statement).

The illusion of stability once again gives way…

And offshore Yuan drops – not helped by the Moodys ratings watch shift…