On November 4, 2024, the Federal Reserve's overnight reverse repurchase agreement facility saw a significant decline in participation, with 41 participants contributing a total of $155 billion. This marked a steep drop from a record high of $2.55 trillion recorded on December 30, 2022. The following day, November 5, 57 counterparties took $171.885 billion at the Fed's reverse repo operation, while the balance of the facility decreased to $144.2 billion, the lowest since April 2021. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) also engaged in market operations, selling 18.3 billion yuan of 7-day reverse repos at an interest rate of 1.5% and reducing net open market operations by 364.5 billion yuan. Additionally, the Russian Central Bank announced a reduction in the daily volume of foreign exchange swap operations to 15 billion yuan. In a related effort, Chinese state banks reportedly began selling U.S. dollars in the domestic foreign exchange market to support the yuan, which was trading at 7.13 against the dollar.
CHINA'S STATE BANKS REPORTEDLY SELLING U.S. DOLLARS IN DOMESTIC FOREX MARKET TO SLOW YUAN DECLINE
*CHINA'S MAJOR STATE-OWNED BANKS BEGIN SELLING U.S. DOLLARS IN FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET TO PREVENT RAPID DECLINE IN CHINESE YUAN
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