Energy markets closed 2025 with a nearly 20% annual loss, marking the most severe yearly decline…
Category: TREASURY/FX
BAHT TOO STRONG: THAI SMEs
Thailand’s shippers have criticised the baht for strengthening and moving more sharply than economic fundamentals and…
MYR BREACHES 4.04 BUT FORECAST TO SETTLE ON 3.82: ECONOMISTS
With less than a week remaining before the close of 2025, the ringgit continued its upward…
THE IMPENDING RE-DENOMINATION OF IDR
By Ronny P Sasmita If done well, move could simplify transactions, modernize financial systems and boost…
GOLD AT 6-WEEK HIGH WHILE SILVER HITS RECORD, AS USD WANES
Gold prices rose to a six-week high on Monday, supported by growing expectations of U.S. interest…
CENTRAL BANK TO PIVOT IDR TO 16,500 IN 2026
The governor of Indonesia’s central bank said on Monday that Bank Indonesia would next year bring…
MYR STRENGTHENS TO 4.13 DUE TO US RATE CUT
The ringgit continued to perform favourably against the US dollar at the close on Tuesday, as…
IDR REDENOMINATION U-TURN MAKES SENSE
As practical as the reasons to lob a few zeros off the rupiah are, the timing…
CENTRAL BANK: IDR RE-DENOMINATION NOT NOW
Bank Indonesia Governor Perry Warjiyo said on Wednesday that the central bank has no immediate plans…
ASIAN MARKETS SINK AS TECH BUBBLE FEARS GROW
Japan’s Nikkei finished 2.5 per cent off, having dived more than four per cent, while South…