---- Eine chinesische Angestellte verwendet eine Cash - Zählmaschine RMB (Renminbi) Yuan Banknoten bei einer Bank in der Stadt Huaibei zu zählen, der ostchinesischen Provinz Anhui, 1.
--FILE--A Chinese clerk uses a cash-counting machine to count RMB (renminbi) yuan banknotes at a bank in Huaibei city, east China's Anhui province, 1 December 2015. China guided the yuan to its weakest level in more than four years as the country deals with currency outflows and a slowing economy while trying to loosen its grip on the exchange rate. The central bank is testing how far it can let market forces go in determining the yuan's value without setting off a sharp selloff and incurring wrath from trading partners, according to people familiar with the matter. "It's a stress test of sorts, " one of the people said. "What the central bank is trying to avoid is the kind of panic selling that resulted from the August devaluation." China set the yuan at 6.414 to the U.S. dollar Wednesday, its weakest level since August 2011, continuing a month-long trend and following the market's lead. In the past, the setting didn't always coincide with where the yuan had last traded in the market, as the central bank tightened its grip to stabilize the currency.
