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Myanmar kyat plunges to new lows
The general strength of the US dollar and poorly managed currency control by the Myanmar central bank has led to another plunge of the...
Philippines sets third quarter domestic borrowing plan at $3b
The Philippine government plans to raise as much as 135 billion pesos ($3.1) billion from the domestic debt market in the third quarter, up...
Strong peso to hurt Philippine economy
The strengthening of the Philippine peso against the US dollar, in tandem with higher inflation, will be among the factors that could cause the...
Myanmar phases out dollar surrogate
Myanmar abolished its secondary currency, the Foreign Exchange Certificates (FEC), on March 20, 2013 as per an official announcement by the Finance Ministry.
FEC were...
Philippines struggle to curb strong peso
The Philippines by the end of the year 2012 have intensified efforts to contain the surge of the country's currency, imposing a ceiling on...
Malaysian companies urged to accept Renminbi
In an effort to secure better trading terms and investment rates with Chinese suppliers and purchases, the Malaysian, HSBC Bank Malaysia Bhd's Director Trade...
Silver and Gold at record prices
Despite the fact that the economy is in a downturn, commodities are at their highest since 2008. China, with more than $ 3trillion reserves, aims...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...