The Philippine peso weakened further towards the United States dollar on Wednesday, touching a near 11-year low consistent with regional response to tensions over the Korean peninsula, which has prompted traders to seek secure haven for their currency.
The neighborhood foreign money lost eight centavos in Wednesday alternate and closed at P50.60:$1, from P50.52:$1 the previous day. It become the peso’s weakest end considering the fact that settling at P50.73:$1 on September 1, 2006.
The peso opened at P50.54:$1 before trading among P50.47 and P50.60.
“The peso edged lower in opposition to the USD today in conjunction with some of other Asean [Association of Southeast Asian Nations] currencies, probably reflecting danger-off trades as nervous worldwide traders sought safe haven property along with gold and the Japanese yen after North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile check the day past observed by precision missile launches nowadays via america and South Korea into the East Sea,” IHS Markit Asia Pacific chief economist Rajiv Biswas stated.
Biswas mentioned that North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile capability is further escalating tensions over the Korean peninsula, with the United States increasingly more involved that North Korean missiles can also subsequently have the range to reach the USA native land.
“With geopolitical tensions at the Korean peninsula rising, the Korean won has moved lower, with South Korean Credit Default Swap spreads accomplishing a 7 week excessive as buyers insured towards default dangers on South Korean debt,” he added.
The peso first touched the P50:$1 level on November 24 last 12 months as bets on interest price hikes within the US, which truely occurred in December, desired the dollar. It depreciated via 5.35 percent towards the US dollar in 2016.
The neighborhood foreign money lost eight centavos in Wednesday alternate and closed at P50.60:$1, from P50.52:$1 the previous day. It become the peso’s weakest end considering the fact that settling at P50.73:$1 on September 1, 2006.
The peso opened at P50.54:$1 before trading among P50.47 and P50.60.
“The peso edged lower in opposition to the USD today in conjunction with some of other Asean [Association of Southeast Asian Nations] currencies, probably reflecting danger-off trades as nervous worldwide traders sought safe haven property along with gold and the Japanese yen after North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile check the day past observed by precision missile launches nowadays via america and South Korea into the East Sea,” IHS Markit Asia Pacific chief economist Rajiv Biswas stated.
Biswas mentioned that North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile capability is further escalating tensions over the Korean peninsula, with the United States increasingly more involved that North Korean missiles can also subsequently have the range to reach the USA native land.
“With geopolitical tensions at the Korean peninsula rising, the Korean won has moved lower, with South Korean Credit Default Swap spreads accomplishing a 7 week excessive as buyers insured towards default dangers on South Korean debt,” he added.
The peso first touched the P50:$1 level on November 24 last 12 months as bets on interest price hikes within the US, which truely occurred in December, desired the dollar. It depreciated via 5.35 percent towards the US dollar in 2016.
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