Offshore Yuan Trades Near Multi-Year High
2026-10-14 03:31
By
Czyrill Jean Coloma
1 min. read
The offshore yuan traded around 6.69 per dollar on Wednesday, trading near its storngest level since July 2022 as strong external demand continued to support China’s economic outlook.
China’s trade surplus widened to $133.53 billion in September 2026 from $88.72 billion a year earlier, marking its largest surplus since January 2025.
Exports surged 36.3% year-on-year to a record $447.18 billion while imports climbed 31.0% to a record $313.66 billion.
China’s trade surplus totaled to $938 billion in the first nine months of the year, putting it on track to reach $1 trillion.
Meanwhile, annual consumer inflation edged up to a three-month high of 0.9% in September from 0.8% in August.
Producer price inflation climbed to 5.0% from 3.8%, marking the strongest rise since June 2022.
Renewed Middle East hostilities and risks to global oil supplies have added to cost pressures, squeezing corporate margins as businesses struggle to pass higher input costs on to consumers.