The United States has told Vietnam its trade deficit with the Southeast Asian country is “unsustainable”…
Category: TREASURY/FX
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…
GLOBAL SHIPPING NAVIGATES TRUMP TARIFFS UNCERTAINTY
Shifting trade announcements have led to unprecedented volatility in the global shipping industry in recent weeks,…
GOLD SURPASSES US$3200, AS ECONOMIC CONCERNS MOUNT
Safe-haven gold surpassed the key US$3,200 mark for the first time on Friday (Apr 11), spurred…
TARIFF CHAOS LEADS TO RECORD USD FALL
In just a week, the dollar has gone from a safe haven to investors’ whipping boy…
BI WILL ACT TO KEEP RUPIAH STABLE
Indonesia’s central bank will act boldly to maintain rupiah stability by intervening in the spot, domestic…
CREDIT MARKETS IN ASIA STUMBLE AS TRADE WAR LOOMS
Credit markets turned shaky in Asia on Monday, with the cost of insuring against corporate and…
PETRONAS US$5B BOND & ITS EXISTING BOND CURVE
Petronas, Malaysia’s integrated oil and gas producer, has priced its new senior unsecured bond offerings, totaling…
BI INTERVENES AS IDR FALLS TO 1998 LOWS
On Mar 25, the Indonesian rupiah reached its lowest levels since June 1998. This comes against…