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Asia FX weakens on U.S. rate hike fears, China gloom

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Last updated: 2023/08/16 at 1:25 AM
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Investing.com– Most Asian currencies fell on Wednesday as strong U.S. economic readings raised concerns over the Federal Reserve having enough room to keep raising interest rates, while weak economic trends in China also dented sentiment. 

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Chinese yuan falls on more weak signals, rate cut expectations Japanese yen in intervention territory Indian rupee near record lows despite inflation spike, RBI intervenes 

Data on Tuesday showed that U.S. grew more than expected in July, presenting more upside risks to and potentially giving the Fed more headroom to keep raising interest rates. 

This boosted the dollar and kept appetite for riskier Asian currencies limited. The and both steadied near five-week highs in Asian trade on Wednesday.

Focus was also on the of the Fed’s recent meeting, due later on Wednesday.

Chinese yuan falls on more weak signals, rate cut expectations 

The fell 0.2% on Wednesday as data showed that Chinese continued to decline in July, raising more concerns over the country’s flailing property sector. 

China’s central bank also unexpectedly cut interest rates on Tuesday, although analysts said that the bank would have to do more  in order to stimulate the economy.

Bigger losses in the yuan were limited, thanks to a series of strong daily midpoint fixes by the central bank. But the currency was still trading close to its weakest level since November 2022, after briefly crossing the 7.3 level to the dollar on Tuesday.

Concerns over China weighed on most other Asian currencies. The fell slightly and was trading at a nine-month low, while the fell 0.1%.

The was among the few outliers for the day, up 0.2% after the held interest rates as expected. 

Japanese yen in intervention territory 

The was flat on Wednesday, but was nursing steep losses in recent sessions that drove the currency to a nine-month low against the dollar.

The yen crossed the 145 level this week, which is expected to potentially attract intervention by the Japanese government to support the falling currency. But officials have so far given no direct signals that they will buoy the yen. 

Data on Tuesday showed that grew substantially more than expected in the second quarter. But the factors that drove the yen’s recent weakness- a growing gap in local and U.S. yields- remained in play.

Indian rupee near record lows despite inflation spike, RBI intervenes 

The rose 0.3% after data on Monday showed that Indian grew substantially more than expected in July. 

But the currency was trading close to record lows of over 83, having come under pressure from a widening gap between Indian and U.S. yields after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) paused its rate hike cycle earlier this year. 

The RBI was also seen intervening in currency markets to support the rupee this week. 

 

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