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The worst-hit was Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index, which includes many mainland Chinese companies dependent on global trade. It closed 13.2% lower. That was the biggest single-day percentage drop since ...

The Indonesian rupiah is at risk of falling to levels last seen during the Asian Financial Crisis as the central bank’s dovish shift signals growing ease with a weaker currency. Barclays Plc sees the ...

Leading up to the Asian Financial crisis, the Thai Central Bank sold dollars from its international reserves to keep the baht-to-dollar rate at 25 baht. This came to a culmination in 1997 when it lost ...