ASX rips as PBOC slams yuan, Aussie dollar lower

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It’s a clear pattern. Every night the AUD is sold then during the day in Asia it is bought. I have no idea why. But today’s buyers confronted a nasty surprise when the PBOC fixing arrived for CNY and it was crushed lower:

It might as well have been the Aussie dollar fixing:

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Amusingly, XJO was immediately bid to what will be new closing decade highs:

Because nothing says “buy Australia” like a Chinese financial crisis!

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Dalian is stable:

Big Iron is down:

Big Gas is up:

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Big Gold is looking toppy suddenly:

Big Mortgage wants more bear market rally:

Big Realty is meh:

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I’ll say it again, where CNY goes, AUD follows.

About the author
David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.