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The renminbi (RMB, also known as Chinese yuan; ISO code: CNY) is the official currency of the People's Republic of China. [1] Although it is not a freely convertible currency , and has an official exchange rate , the CNY plays an important role in the world economy and international trade .
However, during the onset of the 2007-2008 global financial crisis, the renminbi was unofficially repegged to the US dollar. It was again depegged from the dollar in June 2010. After 2010, the exchange rate floated in line with fundamentals, [10] staying mostly between 6 and 7 CNY per USD.
The real exchange rate is a more informative measure of the dollar's worth since it accounts for countries whose currencies experience differing rates of inflation from that of the United States. This is compensated for by adjusting the exchange rates in the formula using the consumer price index of the respective countries.
Nominal GDP is based on the official annual average exchange rate at CN¥ 6.3527 per US dollar in 2021; CN¥4.173 per Int'l. dollar (according to World Economic Outlook published by IMF in October 2021 publication) [6] [7] rank cities provinces GDP (billion CNY) GDP (billion US$) GDP (billion US$ in PPP) 1: Shanghai: municipality: 4,322: 680 ...
Alternatively the slash may be omitted, or replaced by either a dot or a dash. A widely traded currency pair is the relation of the euro against the US dollar, designated as EUR/USD. The quotation EUR/USD 1.2500 means that one euro is exchanged for 1.2500 US dollars. Here, EUR is the base currency and USD is the quote currency (counter currency).
According to data from the IMF, the U.S. dollar accounted for 59.17% of global allocated foreign exchange reserves in the third quarter of 2023 (the latest data set).
Mexico's peso, China's yuan, Russia's ruble, Turkey's lira, South Korea's won, South Africa's rand and New Zealand's, Hong Kong's and Singapore's dollars are now all included in the index for the first time. The 16 currencies used in the index accounted for 80% of the $5.3 trillion daily trading in global foreign exchange markets. [8]
The People's Bank of China lowered the renminbi's daily fix to the US dollar by 1.9 per cent to ¥6.2298 on 11 August 2015. The People's Bank of China again lowered the renminbi's daily fix to the US dollar from ¥6.620 to ¥6.6375 after Brexit on 27 June 2016. It had not been this low since December 2010.