Bloomberg India’s strongest surplus in more than a decade is supporting a currency battered by the worst pandemic outbreak in Asia. The currency has advanced more than 2% in the third quarter, outperforming the Indonesian rupiah, its high-yielding counterpart that has sunk around 4%. The gains come even with an economy ravaged by 6.7 million infections. The support comes from …

Bloomberg The Taiwan dollar extended its winning streak on Tuesday, a day after it closed at the strongest level since 2011 amid speculation the local central bank will continue to loosen its grip on the rallying currency. The advance builds on September’s 1.4% gain, one of the largest for major currencies versus the US dollar. While for months Taiwan’s central …

Bloomberg Business activity in the Arab world’s three largest economies returned to growth, with Egypt seeing its first expansion in 14 months. After a deterioration in August, the non-oil private sectors improved last month as companies adjusted to economic challenges of the global pandemic while governments eased restrictions put in place to stop the coronavirus. A measure of non-oil private …