ADB flags large foreign currency debts of Asian companies
Tokyo
CURRENCY depreciations in Asia threaten firms with large foreign currency debts, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Wednesday, while also signalling that tumbling commodity prices could hurt highly leveraged companies.
The warning by the Manila-based development bank came on the eve of what is considered a critical meeting of the US Federal Reserve Board, which is to make a decision on rates that will have a further impact on Asian currencies.
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