foreign currency

Singapore economy

MAS refutes reports of strong fund flows from Hong Kong

No single region or country source dominates, said MAS.

Forex

Turkish Lira drops as traders fret over Turkish Central Bank credibility

(July 8): The lira slumped more than 3% after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s shock decision to replace the country’s central bank governor fuelled concern the regulator will lower borrowing costs by more than expected.

In print this week

Trump's policies will displace the US dollar

SINGAPORE (Sept 10): Back in 1965, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, then France’s Minister of Finance, famously called the benefits that the US reaped from the dollar’s role as the world’s main reserve currency an “exorbitant privilege”. The benefit

China Focus

5 reasons why Moody’s has downgraded China for the first time in 28 years

SINGAPORE (May 24): For the first time since 1989, Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded China’s long-term local currency and foreign currency issuer ratings to “A1” from “Aa3”, on expectations that the republic’s financial strength will
×