JAKARTA: Indonesia is eyeing up to 80 trillion rupiah (US$4.7 billion) in savings to cushion its…
Category: TREASURY/FX
GLOBAL UNCERTAINTIES WEIGH ON THAI BANKS
More provisions might be needed for bad debt if oil-inflated prices become a problem Thai banks…
GOLD FALLS AS USD GAINS AMID PROFIT TAKING
Gold prices fell on February 24, 2026, after reaching a three-week high, due to profit-taking and…
STOCKS IN INDONESIA RECOVER AS ASIAN FX WEAKEN
(Jan 29): Indonesian stocks pared most losses on Thursday after the country’s regulators unveiled measures to…
WEALTH NET WORTH DROPS AS MSCI TRIGGERS OUTFLOWS
KUALA LUMPUR/HONG KONG (Jan 29): The fortunes of Indonesia’s richest tycoons have plunged by almost US$22…
PHILIPPINES GDP STUMBLES
GDP misses projection at 4.4%, with a corruption scandal and climate-driven weather woes blamed for the…
STRENGTHENING RINGGIT, DUE TO GROWING ECONOMY, NOT FALTERING USD
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 — The ringgit’s sharp rise over the past year is being fuelled…
SING DOLLAR, AT ITS STRONGEST SINCE 2014
SINGAPORE: The Singapore dollar climbed to its strongest level since October 2014 versus the US currency…
BOT TO TIGHTEN GOLD TRADING TO SLOW THB RISE
BANGKOK, Jan 28 : Thailand will impose controls on gold trading as it bids to tackle…
USD: ‘WOUNDED HEGEMON’ OR SECURE AS MOST POWERFUL CURRENCY?
By Sumayya Ismail Faced with Trump’s tariffs and threats, BRICS countries are trying to reduce dollar use…