Trump’s tariffs fuel Asian currency surge
Listen to article BENGALURU: Investors ramped up their bullish bets on most Asian currencies, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday, as worries about US trade policies under President Donald Trump continued to weaken the dollar. Analysts increased their long positions on the Singapore dollar, the Indian rupee, the Thai baht, and the Philippine peso, according to a fortnightly poll of 10 respondents. They also turned bullish on the South Korean won, the Taiwan dollar and the Malaysian ringgit for the first time since October. The dollar notched its weakest monthly performance in...