USD/CNY Exchange Rate

Yuan strength signals capital flows and Beijing's willingness to let the currency appreciate.

6.83CNY/USD

Trend YoY growth is +0.1%, accelerating by 1 bps/year over the last 25Y. Deviations have remained below trend for 130 consecutive periods. Latest: -0.5%, 55 bps below trend, a 5.1σ deviation.

Level

YoY %

y = −0.2% + 1 bps/yr · t

Deviation from trend

Forecast

Projected value by forecast vintage (CNY/USD)

Projected value (CNY/USD)

Forecast made inSep '25Oct '25Nov '25Dec '25Jan '26Feb '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26Jul '26Aug '26Sep '26Oct '26Nov '26Dec '26Jan '27Feb '27Mar '27Apr '27May '27MAPE
Sep '257.127.147.277.337.287.327.297.317.247.217.257.187.177.177.147.067.026.936.976.907.32100%
Oct '257.127.237.277.217.247.217.217.147.097.127.047.027.016.966.876.826.726.766.686.9896%
Nov '257.087.237.167.197.157.157.067.017.036.956.926.906.856.756.696.586.616.536.7472%
Dec '256.997.117.137.097.086.996.936.956.866.836.816.746.646.586.466.496.406.5455%
Jan '266.957.087.037.026.926.866.876.776.746.716.646.536.466.346.366.266.3344%
Feb '266.866.986.966.866.796.806.696.656.626.546.436.356.236.246.136.1327%
Mar '266.906.936.826.756.756.646.596.566.486.366.286.156.156.056.0035%
Apr '266.836.816.736.736.626.576.536.456.336.246.116.126.015.95
May '266.816.736.736.626.576.536.456.336.246.116.126.015.95

YoY change forecast

Forecast made inSep '25Oct '25Nov '25Dec '25Jan '26Feb '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26Jul '26Aug '26Sep '26Oct '26Nov '26Dec '26Jan '27Feb '27Mar '27Apr '27May '27MAPE
Sep '25+0.1%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%100%
Oct '25+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.2%-0.2%96%
Nov '25-0.2%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.2%-0.2%-0.2%-0.2%-0.2%-0.2%-0.2%-0.3%-0.3%-0.3%-0.3%-0.3%72%
Dec '25-0.3%-0.1%-0.2%-0.2%-0.2%-0.2%-0.2%-0.3%-0.3%-0.3%-0.3%-0.3%-0.4%-0.4%-0.4%-0.4%-0.4%-0.5%55%
Jan '26-0.3%-0.2%-0.2%-0.3%-0.3%-0.3%-0.3%-0.4%-0.4%-0.4%-0.4%-0.5%-0.5%-0.5%-0.5%-0.6%-0.6%44%
Feb '26-0.4%-0.3%-0.3%-0.3%-0.4%-0.4%-0.4%-0.5%-0.5%-0.5%-0.6%-0.6%-0.6%-0.7%-0.7%-0.7%27%
Mar '26-0.4%-0.3%-0.4%-0.4%-0.4%-0.5%-0.5%-0.6%-0.6%-0.6%-0.7%-0.7%-0.7%-0.8%-0.8%35%
Apr '26-0.5%-0.4%-0.4%-0.5%-0.5%-0.5%-0.6%-0.6%-0.7%-0.7%-0.7%-0.8%-0.8%-0.9%
May '26-0.4%-0.4%-0.5%-0.5%-0.5%-0.6%-0.6%-0.7%-0.7%-0.7%-0.8%-0.8%-0.9%

Forecasts use ordinary least-squares linear regression fitted to the YoY change series over a rolling 1Y window. Each row shows a vintage — the forecast as it would have appeared at that point in time. Projected values apply the forecasted YoY change to the prior year's level, chaining forward where actuals are unavailable. MAPE measures forecast accuracy against realized values. These are mechanical trend extrapolations, not economic models.