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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.

Japan says it has no limits on its yen intervention

Since reported intervention on April 30, the yen has seen multiple sharp gains during Japan’s Golden Week holiday period that concluded on May 6.

Yen jumps abruptly as intervention speculation swirls

Against the Singapore currency, the yen jumped 0.7 per cent to 122.94 per Singapore dollar as at 4.05pm.

Yen jumps as Japan takes on speculators

Japan intervened to prop up the yen against the US dollar on April 30, its first official currency action in nearly two years, sources said.

Investors turn gloomy on the US dollar as Iran war haven demand fades

The US dollar has surrendered most of its war-driven advance over the past week, and is almost back where it was before the fighting erupted at the end of February.

The Iran war is accelerating the petrodollar’s decline

Like the stricken Saudi Aramco Ras Tanura refinery complex (above), the petrodollar has suffered a blow from Iranian attacks as Tehran looks to other currencies in payment for its oil.

Gold prices jump on US-Iran ceasefire deal

Gold remains down about 7 per cent over the past month and about 13 per cent below its record high of US$5,589 on Jan 28.

US dollar rises after Federal Reserve leaves interest rates unchanged, while gold prices slip

The greenback strengthened against major currencies on March 20.

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