by Tyler Durden Thursday, May 27, 2021 - 08:28 AM With the Chinese yuan on a rampage in recent weeks, hitting the highest since March 2016 against a basket of trading partners’ currencies as the USDCNH rose above the critical resistance level of 6.40 on Wednesday... ... some were waiting for the PBOC to address this relentless ascent, especially after Chinese state-owned banks entered the market on Tuesday to buy dollars and push the yuan lower amid speculation that the currency had gotten so strong it was hitting Chinese exports or that, inversely, it was hoping for an even stronger yuan to offset soaring domestic inflation.