Currencies
USD/CHF trades within key range as SNB holds rates and Fed turns cautious
THE US dollar/Swiss franc (USD/CHF) FX pair is widely considered a safe-haven currency pair due to Switzerland’s neutral geopolitical stance and its low-risk financial system, in contrast to the US do...
South Korea digs deeper into intervention toolkit as won slides
The won has been Asia’s worst-performing currency in the second half of the year
Why the push for a stronger renminbi won’t go away
With the US dollar likely to be soft for a few years, to hold the Chinese currency back would be to allow it to depreciate against other trading partners
The ‘Rs’ challenging the US dollar: rupee, rouble, renminbi, real and rand
A new, more fragmented monetary order is emerging
Ringgit boleh, rupiah frays: Divergent Asean currencies to hold steady in 2026 amid greenback blues
Renminbi remains anchor for South-east Asian currencies
Indonesia’s vow to balance currency, growth may cushion rupiah
BI’s 125 basis points of rate cuts in 2025 have also reduced the attractiveness of the country’s assets
We need to shatter one big myth about the weak yen
Intervention rarely turns any currency around on a sustainable basis
Rupee gains as RBI returns to defend currency after slump
India’s rupee bounced back after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) resumed efforts to support it, following a sharp drop last Friday when the central bank appeared to ease up on the firm defence it had ...
Asia’s currency-defence war chest has swelled to US$8 trillion
The major central banks in the region have added more than US$400 billion to their reserves this year
GBP/USD at an inflection point after a strong first half of 2025
[SINGAPORE] The British pound (GBP) has enjoyed a robust first half of 2025 against the US dollar (USD), driven largely by sustained dollar weakness. The GBP/USD pair bottomed out at 1.21 on Jan 13 be...
