Offshore Yuan Steady

2026-05-18 03:00 By Czyrill Jean Coloma 1 min. read

The offshore yuan steadied around 6.80 per dollar on Tuesday, following gains in the previous session as weak economic data boosted expectations of policy stimulus.

In April 2026, new home prices across 70 major cities saw their sharpest decline since May 2025, while industrial output slowed to its weakest pace since July 2023.

Retail sales growth also rose just 0.2% year-on-year, the weakest since December 2022.

Moreover, China’s fixed-asset investment fell 1.6% year-on-year in the January–April period.

Meanwhile, the surveyed urban unemployment rate edged down to a three-month low of 5.2% in April.

On the monetary policy front, investors await the one-year and five-year loan prime rates due Wednesday, with markets expecting them to remain unchanged at 3% and 3.5%, respectively.

Attention also turns to the Communist Party’s Politburo meeting in July, seen as a key moment for reassessing growth targets and policy direction.



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