Falling FX reserves herald Asia financial crisis 2.0

Asian currency banknotes interspersed with US dollars. Photo: iStock/Getty Images.

TOKYO – Few narratives spook Asia more than word of trouble in Thailand – a lot more so when foreign-exchange reserves are involved. It was Bangkok’s devaluation in July 1997 that put in place the Asian financial crisis. As foreign-exchange supplies ran out, the government and Bank of Asia had no choice but to discard the […]

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