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Renminbi jumps as fixing mechanism changes

China’s markets were left unfazed by the ratings downgrade last week. But there have been some sizeable gains since then in the renminbi as policymakers have signalled their determination to prevent the currency from weakening. We have tweaked our forecasts in response and no longer expect the renminbi to depreciate against the dollar by any appreciable amount over the rest of this year.

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