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Fed effect rips through Asia as currencies hit multi-year lows

  Bloomberg The dollar steamrolled through Asia Wednesday as bond market bets on higher-for-longer US rates gave fresh fuel to the greenback’s rally, triggering a vocal pushback from regional officials. A gauge of the greenback climbed to a record, helped by what has become the steepest-ever surge in real yields. The yen dropped to a fresh 24-year low, the won ...

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Bank of Canada seen nailing soft landing despite early wobble

  Bloomberg The Bank of Canada is expected to pull off a coveted soft landing, bringing soaring inflation back to near its 2% target without tipping the nation’s economy into a major downturn. A wide-ranging Bloomberg survey of 21 economists on Bank of Canada policy found that the central bank took a credibility hit with a late response to inflation. ...

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Philippine central bank open to more rate hikes

Bloomberg Philippine central bank Governor Felipe Medalla signaled readiness for as many as three more quarter-point increases to interest rates, depending on the pace of the Federal Reserve’s monetary tightening. In a scenario where the Fed increases rates by 75 basis points and delivers one more hike after that, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas will probably be doing not more than ...

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