US dollar

Traders most positive on US dollar since 2015 as Fed rate hike looms

The US currency has strengthened about 0.5 per cent against the Singapore dollar to date in 2026.

Treasury rolls out currency signed by Trump for Fourth of July

Traditionally US paper currency contains the signature of the treasury secretary and the US treasurer.

Yen jumps suddenly with traders on high alert for intervention

The Japanese currency rose as much as 0.9 per cent to 161.115 per US dollar and was last trading at 161.85, up 0.45 per cent.

Japan shifting to ambush intervention tactics against yen speculators, sources say

Officials are also avoiding any suggestion of a specific “line in the sand” exchange-rate level that would trigger action.

US dollar rally builds as hawkish Fed meeting stokes rate-hike bets

The message from the Fed provided a renewed boost to the dollar, which had benefitted from its status as a haven when the Iran war sent oil prices surging.

Japan vows to act ‘any time’ on yen after currency slides on Fed rate hike bets

The yen has wiped out gains made after Tokyo’s last intervention on April 30.

Traders are most positive on US dollar since February 2025

A worker counts US dollar banknotes at a currency exchange office in Jakarta, Indonesia, on June 8, 2026. Indonesia’s finance and central bank officials said over the weekend they will boost efforts to stabilise the currency and attract inflows after the nation’s stocks tumbled at the fastest pace worldwide last week. Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg

Korean won breaches 1,560 per US dollar for first time since 2009

The won faced mounting pressure partly from foreign investors’ continued selling of Korean equities.

The new age of economic warfare – and why America is playing with fire

Few people are thinking harder about these questions than Matteo Maggiori, the Moghadam Family Professor of Finance at Stanford University.

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Thousands of kilometres from Iran war, Asia’s currencies feel the strain

Weaker currencies are pushing up prices for essentials like rice sold in Philippine public markets.

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