The dollar's relentless rise is threatening to trigger more outflows from Asia's emerging-market shares, spoiling hopes of the region making a comeback in the second half. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The US dollar’s relentless rise is threatening to trigger more outflows from Asia’s emerging-market shares, spoiling hopes of the region making a comeback in the second half of this year.
A gauge of Asian currencies has slumped to its lowest in more than two years, an ominous sign for equities given their strong relationship with moves in foreign exchange.
The MSCI Asia ex-Japan Index has fallen 20 percent as foreign investors took US$71 billion out of emerging Asian stock markets outside China so far this year, already double last year’s outflows.
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The dollar’s relentless rise is threatening to trigger more outflows from Asia’s emerging-market shares, spoiling hopes of the region making a comeback in the