China’s currency has weakened to a 16-month low as the potential for sharp tariff increases from the incoming Trump administration fuels concern over growth prospects for the world’s second-largest economy.
即將上任的唐納•川普(Donald Trump)政府可能大幅提高關稅的前景加劇了人們對世界第二大經濟體成長前景的擔憂，人民幣走軟，創下16個月以來的新低。
The onshore renminbi weakened 0.1 per cent to Rmb7.34 against the dollar on Wednesday, its weakest since September 2023, in spite of the People’s Bank of China maintaining a steady fixing rate ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration this month.
週三在岸人民幣對美元匯率下跌0.1%，至1美元兌7.34元人民幣，爲2023年9月以來最弱，儘管中國央行(PBoC)在川普本月就職典禮前維持了人民幣中間價的穩定。
China’s currency is allowed to trade within 2 per cent of the daily rate set by the central bank, and the exchange rate is nearing the lower limit of that trading band.
中國允許人民幣交易價在央行設定的每日匯率中間價上下2%的幅度內浮動，而人民幣對美元匯率正接近這一浮動區間的下限。