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HANOI: High demand for the US dollar from the State Treasury could continue to cause the dollar/dong exchange rate to increase.
Bank Indonesia (BI) has kept its key interest rate unchanged amid a weak rupiah exchange rate, but the central bank has pinned its hopes on portfolio inflows to lift the currency's worth.
Singapore's money market rates have dropped as traders shrug off the central bank's first monetary policy shift in five years.
LONDON, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Britain's central bank, the Bank of England (BoE), has kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.5 percent, warning that "global trade policy uncertainty has intensified."
JOHOR BARU: Fares for the Rapid Transit System Link (RTS Link) will take into account various factors, including the currency exchange rate between Malaysia and Singapore.
HANOI: The US$/VND exchange rate remains under pressure as ongoing trade tensions push the US$ higher.
Laos' inflation rate eased to 11.2 per cent in March, down from 12.7 per cent in February and 15.5 percent in January, according to the Lao Statistics Bureau.
The implications of the Trump administration's reciprocal tariff policy on Southeast Asia are still unclear, as certain questions need to be answered.
BEIJING: China is mulling raising the foreign debt ceiling for high-technology enterprises while expanding the reach of policies that facilitate corporate foreign exchange management, as part of the country's all-round efforts to enhance financial support for private enterprises, said the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE).
The decline in the currency led the central bank to intervene, stabilising the rupiah and restoring confidence.
KUALA LUMPUR: For the past six years, cleaner Wati has been celebrating Hari Raya in Malaysia instead of returning to Indonesia.
ABUJA, March 27 (Xinhua) -- As one of the largest economies in Africa, Nigeria is seeing signs of relative stability despite the challenges faced in the past 18 to 20 months, a senior official said Thursday.
JAKARTA: Indonesia's central bank held interest rates steady on Wednesday, pausing its easing cycle as expected by analysts, saying policy settings remained consistent with efforts to keep inflation within target and support economic growth.
The overriding message from British finance minister Rachel Reeves on Wednesday was simple: the challenges facing UK policymakers are mushrooming, and their margin for error is rapidly shrinking.
KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) emphasised that structural reforms and policies must take precedence over excessive reliance on international reserves to manage currency fluctuations.
WASHINGTON: The looming barrage of fresh US tariffs is leaving traders in emerging markets (EM) ready to bolt at the slightest whiff of renewed risk.
ANKARA, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Türkiye's economic outlook faces mounting uncertainty as recent political tensions threaten to derail efforts to curb high inflation, economists warned.
ISTANBUL, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Türkiye's inflation expectations remain on the disinflationary path despite recent political developments, Central Bank Governor Fatih Karahan said here on Wednesday.
PETALING JAYA: Bank Negara will pay a record-high RM5.25bil as a dividend to the government after it recorded a surge in net profit to RM13.16bil for last year.
HANOI: Vietnam's central bank is ready to sell US dollars to the market to keep the exchange rate stable, Governor Nguyen Thi Hong said on Monday (Nov 11).
