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Time to worry about currency weakness?

Asian currencies have fallen again over the past week, with a number now at multi-year low sagainst the US dollar. With the exception of Malaysia, where US dollar debt is high, currency weakness is not a major threat to the region. In fact, in so far as currency depreciation should help boost export performance, most countries in Asia may actually welcome the recentmoves.

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