Siddharth Mathur News Today

A shooting tragedy in a Bangkok mall adds to a double-whammy of rising rates and government spending worries that has hammered Thai assets and soured bets on the recovery of Asia's tourism giant. Thai tourism stocks slid 1.6% on Wednesday, dragging the benchmark index to its lowest since January 2021, while a stronger dollar sent the baht to an 11-month low. Foreign selling pressure has been building for weeks, with some $1.65 billion leaving Thai stock and bond markets since the start of...

BANGKOK - A 14-year-old boy has been remanded to a juvenile detention institute for psychiatric evaluation after being charged with murder

Analysts say the massacre at Siam Paragon in Bangkok compounds the negative effects of rising interest rates and concerns

Some of the world’s top investors are betting the worst of the dollar’s rampage is over after the surge upended the global economy in ways that had few parallels in modern history.Having skyrocketed to generational highs last year — deepening...

A weaker dollar will cool some of the price pressures that have been evident around the world.

Indian rupee falls to record low, drops below 21/Dh for the first time

Surging oil prices have also weighed heavy on the rupee with a surprise rate hike by the Reserve Bank of India last week doing little to stem capital outflows

The Reserve Bank of India has been using its forex reserves to stem the currency's losses. . Read more at straitstimes.com.

Rupee had shown significant weakness last week – latest drop take it into new territory

Indian rupee falls to record low, drops below 21/Dh for the first time