News Source: Times Online
| about 1 month ago
The ICE Futures US Dollar Index, which measures the dollar’s value against a basket of six currencies including the euro, the pound and the yen, fell to 75.767 points in trading yesterday, its lowest point since August last year. Suchada Kirakul,...
News Source: Financial Times
| about 1 month ago
The mainly south-east Asian countries have been spurred to defend the competitiveness of their currencies by China’s decision to, in effect, re-peg the renminbi to the dollar since July last year. Simon Derrick, at Bank of New York Mellon, in...
News Source: BBC
| about 1 month ago
Asian countries are worried about their export industries, which would be hurt by a weaker dollar. Central banks in South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines and Thailand have been buying the US currency, traders said. As signs of economic recovery begin...
News Source: Financial Times
| about 1 month ago
Traders said most of the Asian central banks had been buying US dollars, with the Bank of Korea among the most active following a round of intervention by Seoul earlier in the week. Other central banks identified by traders as significant buyers of...