{"id":116265,"date":"2020-05-12T13:30:11","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T06:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/countdown-begins-to-the-window-closing-on-this-bullish-hong-kong-dollar-trade-as-interest-rate-gap-with-us-markets-narrows\/"},"modified":"2020-05-12T14:13:40","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T07:13:40","slug":"countdown-begins-to-the-window-closing-on-this-bullish-hong-kong-dollar-trade-as-interest-rate-gap-with-us-markets-narrows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/countdown-begins-to-the-window-closing-on-this-bullish-hong-kong-dollar-trade-as-interest-rate-gap-with-us-markets-narrows\/","title":{"rendered":"Countdown begins to the window closing on this bullish Hong Kong dollar trade as interest rate gap with US markets narrows"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nHedge funds may have just weeks left to make good money from the long Hong Kong dollar carry trade.Local interest rates, which have remained stubbornly high relative to those in the US, will fall at a faster pace once a measure of the city\u2019s liquidity pool exceeds HK$100 billion (US$12.9 billion), according to Bank of America. At HK$94.7 billion from Wednesday, that threshold is soon approaching. The result would be a narrowing of the Hong Kong dollar\u2019s yield advantage over the US dollar, which\u2026
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
\nRead more…Countdown begins to the window closing on this bullish Hong Kong dollar trade as interest rate gap with US markets narrows<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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