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Bank of Thailand governor Veerathai Santiprabhob warned that mismatches between market expectations and economic data could trigger sharp corrections. He cited the recent global equity and bond sell-off, which followed a stronger-than-expected US jobs reading and raised expectations of faster Fed rate hikes.
He urged businesses to tighten interest rate and currency risk management.
Sharp swings in global rates and risk sentiment can quickly move the dollar and emerging-market currencies, affecting the cost of imported feed. Buyers hedging dollar exposure face more volatility.
bangkokpost.comBangkok Post Public Company LimitedFeb 23, 2018After 359 past neutral macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median -0.0% over 5 sessions (49% higher; middle half -0.4% to +0.4%), and -0.1% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
