US president has clashed with incumbent Jerome Powell, whose term is due to run for 11…
Category: TREASURY/FX
FALLING IDR COULD HELP INDONESIA NAVIGATE TARIFFS
The rupiah had been sliding even before Trump’s latest round of tariffs – but the country…
FX: MYR & IDR LEAD SIXTH WEEKLY GAINS
Emerging Asian currencies rose on Friday, on track for a sixth consecutive weekly gain, as fading…
WHY MYR COULD OUTPERFORM ASEAN FX IN 2025
The ringgit could post the strongest gains in Southeast Asia if exporters convert their foreign earnings…
BI CUT RATES BY 25 BPS
Indonesia’s central bank cut its key interest rate on Wednesday (May 21), as expected by the…
APEC: CHALLENGES TO GLOBAL TRADE
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group said on Friday (May 16) that it was “concerned” over the…
VIETNAM ASKED TO TWEAK ITS ‘UNSUSTAINABLE’ TRADE DEFICIT
The United States has told Vietnam its trade deficit with the Southeast Asian country is “unsustainable”…
S$ OUTPERFORMANCE MAY END SOON
The Singapore dollar is the top-performing South-East Asian currency this year, but slowing inflation and growth…
TIME FOR ASEAN TO REFINE ITS WEB OF FTAs
Southeast Asia risks being hit by a double whammy in this US-China trade war, but the…
IMPACT OF A SINGLE SOFTWARE UPDATE: MICROSOFT-CROWDSTRIKE OUTAGE
The “largest IT outage in history” rightfully raises questions about the high interdependency of the world’s…