Emerging mkts battle a surging greenback
Business Standard|December 23, 2024
From Brazil to South Korea, emerging-market central banks are forming a line of defence as a rising dollar pushes their currencies to multi-year lows.
Emerging mkts battle a surging greenback

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas is watching the peso's drop closely and has stepped up intervention in the currency market, Governor Eli Remolona said Friday. Brazil's central bank has spent $17 billion in the past week to support the real, while Bank Indonesia vowed to guard the rupiah "boldly" to build market confidence. In Europe, Hungary's central bank joined the trend, raising the interest rate on its foreign-currency swap tender to calm markets.

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