Taiwan dollar’s best rally to stumble on tech fears

Losing ground: People in a Mizuho Bank currency exchange at Haneda Airport in Tokyo. The bank is one entity that believes the Taiwan dollar will weaken further by the end of the first quarter as overseas shipments shrink for a second straight month. — Bloomberg

TAIPEI: Taiwan dollar’s biggest rally in almost a quarter of a century is set to unwind as a looming global recession cuts into the island’s technology exports.

The currency, which has risen more than 4% this month to 30.90 per US dollar (RM4.52), will probably weaken to about 33 by the end of the first quarter, Mizuho Bank Ltd and RBC Capital Markets forecast, as overseas shipments shrink for a second straight month.