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Betty Hou

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Reporter for Bloomberg News @business. From Taiwan🇹🇼 Opinions are my own. Please reach me at [email protected]

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  • 5 days ago | bloomberg.com | Betty Hou

    Taiwanese one thousand dollar banknotes arranged in Taipei, Taiwan, on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. The Taiwan dollar surged as much as 4.8% on Monday, fueled by concerns over the US dollar’s outlook and speculation that Taiwan may let its currency gain as it seeks a trade deal with the US.

  • 6 days ago | hk.news.yahoo.com | Betty Hou

    Betty Hou 2025年5月8日 下午10:38 【彭博】-- 台灣兌美元歷經史詩級的一番狂升後,代表台幣對一籃子貨幣走勢的名目有效匯率指標跟進創新高,且幾乎突破央行關注的區間上緣,或意味著台幣過往被低估的情形正消逝。 據國際清算銀行公佈最新台幣名目有效匯率 (NEER),在5月5日衝上106.5的有紀錄以來最高,且逼近央行所訂定的關注區間上緣。而若以花旗所編制的相似指標來看,台幣NEER甚至已經超過央行的區間。 台幣NEER急升或意味著,「將其與台灣貿易順差、或是當地資本市場疊加起來看,台幣被低估的情形似乎已大幅縮小,甚至已不復存在,」花旗分析師Rohit Garg與Philip Yin等人在周四發布的報告中稱。 台灣央行在網站上談到其貨幣政策框架時指出,自2000年以來台幣NEER大致維持在過去36個月移動平均值上下5%的範圍內,呈現匯率動態穩定。這個波動區間因此被市場視為央行調節匯市的關鍵指標之一。 數十年來,台灣審慎管理匯率波動,以支撐其以出口導向總體經濟。將台幣維持在相對貿易夥伴較低估值的作法對出口商有益,但也此被美國財政部列入外匯操縱觀察名單。 More...

  • 6 days ago | hk.finance.yahoo.com | Betty Hou

    【彭博】-- 台灣兌美元歷經史詩級的一番狂升後,代表台幣對一籃子貨幣走勢的名目有效匯率指標跟進創新高,且幾乎突破央行關注的區間上緣,或意味著台幣過往被低估的情形正消逝。 據國際清算銀行公佈最新台幣名目有效匯率 (NEER),在5月5日衝上106.5的有紀錄以來最高,且逼近央行所訂定的關注區間上緣。而若以花旗所編制的相似指標來看,台幣NEER甚至已經超過央行的區間。 台幣NEER急升或意味著,「將其與台灣貿易順差、或是當地資本市場疊加起來看,台幣被低估的情形似乎已大幅縮小,甚至已不復存在,」花旗分析師Rohit Garg與Philip Yin等人在周四發布的報告中稱。 台灣央行在網站上談到其貨幣政策框架時指出,自2000年以來台幣NEER大致維持在過去36個月移動平均值上下5%的範圍內,呈現匯率動態穩定。這個波動區間因此被市場視為央行調節匯市的關鍵指標之一。 數十年來,台灣審慎管理匯率波動,以支撐其以出口導向總體經濟。將台幣維持在相對貿易夥伴較低估值的作法對出口商有益,但也此被美國財政部列入外匯操縱觀察名單。 More stories like this are available...

  • 1 week ago | businessmirror.com.ph | Yian Lee |Betty Hou |Jane Lanhee Lee

    The Taiwan dollar’s most extreme surge since 1988, along with prospects for continued appreciation, has triggered calls for one of the most export-dependent Asian economies to overhaul its growth model. For decades, Taiwan’s careful management of its currency’s exchange rate has helped transform the economy into one of the world’s export powerhouses.

  • 1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Chien-Hua Wan |Ruth Carson |Betty Hou

    Two Taiwanese life insurers are taking opposite approaches to foreign-exchange hedging after a surge in the island’s currency put hundreds of billions of dollars of their US bond holdings under scrutiny. Fubon Life Insurance Co. has “enhanced” hedging as the biggest one-day surge in the currency since the 1980s threatened to erode the US dollar-denominated assets of Taiwanese companies. Taishin Life Insurance Co. said the rising costs of such protection has stayed its hands from adding more.

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