Yuan hits 5-year high against USD

发布:2012-10-16 编辑:2012-10-16
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The central parity of RMB against the U.S. dollar rose to 6.7896 Friday, 0.3 percent higher than Thursday's 6.8100, according to data released by the China Foreign Exchange Trading System.

 

China's central bank announced over the weekend it would push forward reform of the Renminbi exchange rate to make it more flexible, but ruled out a one-off revaluation.