China’s Yuan to Slip to New Decade Lows as Trade War Drags on: Reuters Poll

China’s Yuan to Slip to New Decade Lows as Trade War Drags on: Reuters Poll
A clerk counts Chinese 100 yuan banknotes at a branch of a foreign bank in Beijing on Jan. 4, 2016. Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters
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BENGALURU, India—The Chinese yuan will slip by year-end to deeper lows last hit against the U.S. dollar during the 2008 global financial crisis as the authorities nudge the partly managed currency down while the U.S.-China trade war rumbles on, a Reuters poll showed.

With global uncertainties aplenty and a U.S. election year approaching, any possible resolution to the trade war at next week’s talks will be hampered by signs of a weakened yuan. Chinese markets are closed until Oct. 7 for public holidays.