Most Asian FX slip – Business & Finance
BENGALURU: Emerging Asian stocks were mixed while most currencies declined on Monday as concerns about flip-flopping US tariffs and a slowing US economy weighed on sentiment, with the Philippine peso being the only outlier. Most regional currencies were unable to leverage the softer US dollar, with the Indonesian rupiah depreciating 0.3% while Singapore dollar, Malaysian ringgit and Thai baht trading marginally lower. “The ongoing US trade probe, set to conclude by April 1, may trigger further tariff headlines, adding to FX uncertainty,” Goldman Sachs analysts wrote. Over the weekend, US...
