# Baht proving to be Southeast Asia's most resilient currency | The Straits Times

> The baht has weakened 1.5% in November, the least among 11 Asian currencies tracked by Bloomberg, supported by a trade surplus. Foreign funds sold a net $1.4 billion of Thai bonds this month after Donald Trump's election win. The 10-year Thai yield rose to 2.63%.

- Date: 2016-11-18 · published 2016-11-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Thailand · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/74088-baht-proving-to-be-southeast-asia-s-most-resilient-currency-the-straits-times
- Commodities: [Thai Baht (THB per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDTHB.md)

## Why it matters

Thailand's currency resilience limits pressure on local feed costs, though bond outflows reflect wider emerging-market risk-off sentiment after the US election.

## Read by commodity

- USDTHB: neutral

## Sources

- straitstimes.com: https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/baht-proving-to-be-southeast-asias-most-resilient-currency

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