SGD to weaken to $1.35/USD amidst COVID-19 woes: Fitch

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SGD to weaken to $1.35/USD amidst COVID-19 woes: Fitch

Singapore Business2021-07-31

The Singapore dollar (SGD) is expected to weaken to $1.35 versus the US dollar (USD) for 2021, according to Fitch Solutions, to weaken further to $1.36 in 2022. This is a downgrade from its previous ...

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Klim8898
·2021-08-02
And no long term uptrend in sight...
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MystSapphire
·2021-08-02
Ok....oh well
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kirbyang
·2021-08-01
Goodness
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kirbyang
·2021-08-01
[噴血]
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skyel
·2021-08-01
Will the cost of living increase?
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Hayz
·2021-08-01
More like 1.33...historical chart will show where SGD is heading.
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SilentWarrio
·2021-08-01
Serious?
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许哲东
·2021-08-01
change more to USD and buy US stock..
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- 许哲东:
  SG market also quite attractive..
  2021-08-01
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dan1
·2021-08-01
woo
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Dragon1976
·2021-08-01
Roar
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Mythology
·2021-08-01
Wa first time??
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- Wayneqq:
  In quite a while… yes… i have seen it at 1.4+ before
  2021-08-01
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- LeonP:
  omg
  2021-08-01
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- Lgdnic:
  Bullish
  2021-08-01
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RichDen
·2021-08-01
Should we hold more USD now?
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- RichDen:
  ??
  2021-08-06
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- skyel:
  Buy more USD stocks to hedge
  2021-08-01
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- SilverSoul:
  Yes. Change more to USD now.
  2021-08-01
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BoonL
·2021-08-01
Latest
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- Dragon1976:
  Roar
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Athenwyk
·2021-08-01
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HF133
·2021-08-01
Like and comment
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- J288:
  ok
  2021-08-02
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MasterStonker
·2021-08-01
Yeah more SGDs
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- HoSeyLiao48:
  [强] [强]
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ivy888
·2021-08-01
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- J288:
  pls like back.Tq
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Joe1997
·2021-08-01
Him
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  Gd
  2021-08-01
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Nickystonks
·2021-08-01
Time to change to USD before further weakening?
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  Hi
  2021-08-01
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  s
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Claire96
·2021-08-01
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The last time Singapore breached this level was in July 2018, during the initial phases of the US-China trade war.\n“However, any weakness in the SGD should be capped by the economy being in a much more resilient position than other Asian markets, due to the fast progress in vaccinating the population,” it added. “This puts Singapore in a much more resilient position compared to most other Asian economies and the SGD could benefit from some degree of safe-haven flows from elsewhere in the region as the year progresses, limiting prospects for further depreciation beyond our identified trading range.”\nFor the long term, Fitch expects a strong recovery in exports to support the currency in 2022, but balanced by the risk of a potentially more hawkish US Fed if above-2% target inflation persists.\nFitch Solutions identified as a key risk the possibility of a COVID-19 variant that can bypass existing vaccines, which could force Singapore to implement further lockdowns.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":5397410,"gmtCreate":1627862065642,"gmtModify":1663231797650,"authorId":3581761980405366,"author":{"id":3581761980405366,"idStr":"3581761980405366","authorId":3581761980405366,"name":"J288","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/f139ffb0e1f3cec014732c0986adcded","vip":1,"currentWearingBadge":{"badgeId":"7a9f168ff73447fe856ed6c938b61789-1","templateUuid":"7a9f168ff73447fe856ed6c938b61789","name":"Knowledgeable Investor","description":"Traded more than 10 stocks","bigImgUrl":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/e74cc24115c4fbae6154ec1b1041bf47","smallImgUrl":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/d48265cbfd97c57f9048db29f22227b0","grayImgUrl":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/76c6d6898b073c77e1c537ebe9ac1c57","redirectLinkEnabled":0,"hasAllocated":1,"isWearing":1,"stampPosition":0,"hasStamp":0,"allocationCount":1,"allocatedDate":"2021.12.21","individualDisplayEnabled":0,"individualDisplaySort":0,"categoryType":1102},"crmLevel":4,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":802676234,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"<u>ok</u>","text":"<u>ok</u>","html":"<u>ok</u>"}],"langContent":"EN"},{"id":802673244,"gmtCreate":1627779823088,"gmtModify":1703495671708,"author":{"id":"3561713422683896","authorId":"3561713422683896","name":"MasterStonker","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/a1f9b1071e75ec59572f7ba9bbb0a4ed","vip":1,"hat":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/b0a2963eb37c60c5d6d4a8dbcd266952","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"authorIdStr":"3561713422683896","idStr":"3561713422683896"},"htmlText":"Yeah more SGDs","listText":"Yeah more SGDs","text":"Yeah more SGDs","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":8,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/802673244","repostId":1167653033,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1167653033","pubTimestamp":1627706886,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/1167653033?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2021-07-31 12:48","market":"sg","language":"en","title":"SGD to weaken to $1.35/USD amidst COVID-19 woes: Fitch","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1167653033","media":"Singapore Business","summary":"The Singapore dollar (SGD) is expected to weaken to $1.35 versus the US dollar (USD) for 2021, accor","content":"<p>The Singapore dollar (SGD) is expected to weaken to $1.35 versus the US dollar (USD) for 2021, according to Fitch Solutions, to weaken further to $1.36 in 2022.</p>\n<p>This is a downgrade from its previous forecast of $1.33 against the greenback for 2021 and $1.32 in 2022.</p>\n<p>“The SGD has weakened in line with most other Asian currencies after the Fed’s hawkish surprise on June 16, and will likely trade in a weaker range between $1.35 per USD and $1.38 per USD for the remainder of 2021 and likely in 2022 as well,” Fitch said.</p>\n<p>This is due to the risk-off sentiment sparked by the resurgence of COVID-19 infections across Asia, including the key economies of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.</p>\n<p>The SGD&nbsp;also breached the key support level of $1.35 per USD on 8 July and has weakened since. 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