Singapore Dollar Most Vulnerable to U.S. Rates: Chart of the Day

Singapore’s dollar has emerged as Asia’s most-vulnerable currency to prospects of higher U.S. interest rates, driving a gauge measuring the relationship to a record high.

The CHART OF THE DAY tracks the Singapore dollar and the benchmark U.S. 10-year yield since April 1995. The lower panel shows the 240-day correlation between the currency and Treasury rate climbed to about 0.4 last week, the highest in data going back to 1981. The link between the two is the strongest in Asia, excluding the Chinese and Japanese currencies, on a weekly basis, the data show. The Monetary Authority of Singapore, which manages the local dollar against an undisclosed basket of its peers, said today it will maintain a modest and gradual appreciation of the currency.