Kazakhstan’s currency fell by a record 23 percent in trade on Thursday after the country abandoned control of its exchange rate, as it became the latest emerging market to scrap efforts to prop up its currency before the U.S. Federal Reserve hikes interest rates. Kazakhstan is shifting to a free float of its currency and will pursue an inflation-targeting monetary … Continue reading
Vietnam’s Central bank has devalued the nation’s currency on Wednesday for the third time this year and widened the its trading band, in the latest sign of stress in Asian exchange rates following a move last week by China to devalue its currency. The State Bank of Vietnam weakened its currency reference rate by 1 percent and increased the … Continue reading
Following a week after China’s first major currency devaluation in over two decades, which rattled global markets throughout the week, as emerging market currencies where hit the hardest, and thus drove currencies in Colombia and Turkey to new record lows. Let us take a look at the biggest losers in the emerging markets from the ordeal: Malaysia’s ringgit and Indonesia’s … Continue reading
By Andrew Sheng and Xiao Geng Secular stagnation is looming worldwide, and China is no exception. Globally, the unprecedented monetary and fiscal stimulus following the 2008 financial crisis has caused debt, equity, and property prices to peak, even as trade and investment decline; all of this has depressed demand, economic growth, and inflation. For China, … Continue reading
By Alex Christensen China’s decision to let the yuan depreciate last week came for a number of reasons, including being a needed boost for Chinese export industries. But there are two sides to every currency swing, as the following countries are quickly learning. Did China devalue its currency or liberalize its currency market when it suddenly … Continue reading
As the U.S. Federal Reserve prepares for the first time in a decade to increase its borrowing costs, currency market participants are buying into the dollar, seeking to sell at its highest value, which is, as history shows, is just before the actual tightening move. . By Kristian Rouz, Sputnik News After a year of gains, propelled … Continue reading
Peter Schiff, the CEO of Euro Pacific Capital, is warning that there is an impending U.S. dollar collapse and economic collapse on the horizon that should be getting a lot more attention, and not China’s recent currency devaluation. In a recent interview with Alex Jones on Infowars, Schiff breaks down what he thinks will cause the up and coming … Continue reading
In July 1997, during the dawn of the Asian Financial Crisis, the Malaysian ringgit was heavily traded by speculators. The overnight rate jumped from under 8 percent to over 40 percent. This led to rating downgrades and a broad selloff of its stock and currency markets. By the end of 1997, Malaysia’s ratings had fallen many notches from investment grade … Continue reading
By Pablo Druck, Nicolas Magud, Rodrigo Mariscal The strength of the US dollar can impact the economic activity in emerging economies in various ways. This column argues that appreciation of the dollar mitigates the impact of real GDP growth in emerging markets. The main transmission channel is through an income effect. As the dollar appreciates, commodity … Continue reading
By Peter Schiff, CEO of Euro Pacific Capital China’s recent move to devalue the yuan has sent shock waves through the global financial markets and has convinced most observers that a new front in the global currency wars has begun. The move has caused many observes to envision a new round of competitive devaluations around the globe in … Continue reading