Singapore and Thai currencies most at risk from yuan’s slump


SINGAPORE: Investors in the Singapore dollar and Thai baht will have to brace for losses if the Chinese yuan, the worst-performing Asian currency yesterday, continues its fall against the US dollar as the country sticks to its zero-Covid approach.

Both currencies have the highest three-month daily correlation with the offshore Chinese yuan in emerging Asia, signalling a further drag from extended weakness in the Chinese currency.

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