Currency

17 Sep 2012

There has been an expansion in the number of ways retail investors can gain exposure to China's currency, writes Kevin McQueen.

Danger signs for the global economy

25 Feb 2013

While people fret about a potential shooting war between three of the world's largest economies in the East China Sea, the real danger may be a currency war in which all three countries will be...

Japan trade deficit widens on weaker yen

21 Feb 2013

Japan's trade deficit swelled to a record 1.63 trillion yen (HK$135 billion) on energy imports and a weaker yen, highlighting one cost of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's policies that are driving down...

Group of Seven leaders will not use currencies to wage 'economic warfare'

17 Feb 2013

G20 finance ministers yesterday moved to calm fears of looming "economic warfare" on the currency markets, pledging they would not target specific forex rates or devalue currencies to make them...

London's yuan push stirs hope for eurodollar-style revival

13 Feb 2013

In what many bankers saw as a pivotal move, the British central bank said last month it was ready "in principle" to adopt a currency swap line with the People's Bank of China (PBOC) as the still-...

Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

An age-old problem and the sums that just don't add up

Howard Winn

HSBC suffers the Taibbi treatment in Rolling Stone

Shirley Yam

How tycoons' IPO 'losses' may hide profits at herd's expense

Currency swings refire measures of future global markets

Many blame fresh talk of "currency wars" between the world's major trading blocs, which have been implicitly or explicitly depressing currency rates for trade and export gains to gain an edge in a...

Yuan deposits set to leap to one trillion by end of 2013

The pool of yuan deposits in Hong Kong rose 5.6 per cent last month from November to 603 billion yuan. It has surged from less than 100 billion yuan in 2009 and peaked at 627 billion yuan in...

Davos talk of new currency war is wildly exaggerated

Just as sentiment towards the world's economy and financial markets was perking up, the legion of praters assembled in Davos over the weekend found something else to worry about: the threat of a...

JAPAN

Fall in Japanese exports boosts push for weaker yen

Japan's exports fell more than analysts forecast, and the annual trade deficit swelled to a record, bolstering the case for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to weaken the yen even as trade tensions mount...

JAKE'S VIEW

HKMA prays for deliverance from loose money

If they are not quite down on their knees at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), there is a least a silent prayer emanating from that tall office block with the set of roof claws from the...

SINGAPORE

Singapore economy beats forecasts with 1.8pc expansion

Singapore's economy expanded more than economists estimated last quarter, averting a recession even after the central bank refrained from monetary stimulus as it sought to contain elevated...