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(Bloomberg) -- US policy volatility has sent money managers scouring the world for alternatives, propelling local bonds from emerging-market countries to their best first half in 16 years. The surge in demand for fixed-income assets in EM currencies is largely the flip side of sinking confidence in the US dollar, which has tumbled almost 11% this year. That’s its worst performance since the 1970s, and the losses are across the board, with the greenback falling against 19 of the 23 most-traded emerging-market currencies, and by at least 10% against 10...

A new survey of central banks suggests growing skepticism about the future of the US dollar and its role in the global economy. Analysts from the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) – an independent think tank organization concerned with central banking, economic policy and public investment – say there is a global shift away from the dollar and into other currencies, primarily the euro and the renminbi. In the 2025 edition of its Global Public Investor report, which surveys 75 central banks around the world, OMFIF says there...

India's external debt rose significantly by 10 per cent, reaching USD 736.3 billion at the close of March 2025, compared to USD 668.8 billion in the previous year, as stated by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday.This increase boosted the percentage of external debt to GDP, which now stands at 19.1 per cent, up from 18.5 per cent a year ago. The RBI highlighted a 'valuation effect' driven by the appreciation of the US dollar, adding USD 5.3 billion. Without this effect, external debt would have risen...

With some major economies leaping onto the stablecoin train – or being urged to do so, to further globalise their currencies – others are mulling whether getting on board would be akin to either riding the gravy train or feeling it fail to gather steam.Now, the international financial organisation known as the “bank for central banks” has waded into the stablecoin debate as the buzzword gathers momentum.In a “special chapter” released on Tuesday in advance of Sunday’s release of its Annual Economic Report 2025, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS)...

Some of emerging Asia’s biggest central banks look to be dialling back their interventions in the currency market.The central banks of India and Malaysia have reduced the size of some derivatives positions they use to weaken their currencies. Taiwan has allowed its currency to surge against the US dollar in recent weeks and dropped hints it would be comfortable with more if the moves were “orderly”. South Korea’s giant national pension fund has ended its five-month support of the won.A major reason for these moves is a simple change in...