Yuan forwards rose for a fifth day, the longest winning streak since March, on speculation policymakers will combat inflation by letting the currency appreciate. The People\'s Bank of China set the currency\'s reference rate 0.04 per cent higher at 6.4661 per dollar, the strongest level since July 2005. Inflation may have quickened to 6.2 per cent in June from 5.5 per cent in May that was the fastest in 34 months, the Beijing-based China International Capital said in a report yesterday. \"Curbing inflation remains the focus of the Chinese government policy this year,\" said Tommy Ong, senior vice-president of treasury and markets at DBS Bank (Hong Kong). \"As interest-rate hikes and administrative measures harm economic growth, China would opt to let the yuan rise faster to lower imported inflation.\" Twelve-month non-deliverable forwards gained 0.05 per cent to 6.3713 per dollar in Hong Kong, a 1.4 per cent premium to the spot rate, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Article continues below The yuan rose 0.03 per cent to 6.4629 per dollar as of the close in Shanghai, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System. The currency touched 6.4605 on June 23, the strongest level since the country unified official and market exchange rates at the end of 1993. In Hong Kong\'s offshore market, the yuan rose 0.04 per cent to 6.4570. The nation\'s non-manufacturing purchasing managers\' index dropped to 57 in June from 61.9 a month earlier.
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