beijing taking more visible measures to slow the -- peoples vanke of china higher than expected for bankss foreign currency. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on "bloomberg quicktake." powered by more than 2,700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am ritika gupta. this is bloomberg. alix: we want to bring in bloomberg macro strategist, you can listen to him all day on the terminal. vincent, is this a function of the dollar being strong, or china being so weak? >> a function of china being -- dollar being stronger. you are seeing it across many different -- yield is $.99 this morning, other issues. pound is down, 116. dollar-yen, the strong dollar is having an impact on a lot of currencies. some, more than others, depending on your individual situation. china as you mentioned earlier, with 62 million people in lockdown is not helping, and that is putting pressure on the economy. guy: manage decline, that seems to be the process. manage decline to where? >> good question. it is months, weaker currency looking historically, we are approaching seven, likely to yield so