A situation in which the value of a currency becomes unstable, making it difficult for the currency to be used as a reliable medium of exchange. The effect of a currency crisis can be mitigated by sufficient foreign reserves. A currency crisis is a type of financial crisis.
When is the Currency Crisis started?
The Asian Financial Crisis was beginning in July 1997. The crisis started in Thailand with the financial collapse of the Thai baht caused by the decision of the Thai government to float the baht, cutting its peg to the USD, after exhaustive efforts to support it in the face of a severe financial overextension that was in part real estate driven. At the time, Thailand had acquired a burden of foreign debt that made the country effectively bankrupt even before the collapse of its currency. As the crisis spread, most of Southeast Asia and Japan saw slumping currencies, devalued stock markets and other asset prices, and a precipitous rise in private debt.
Which country was affected by Currency Crisis in 1977?
Indonesia, South Korea and Thailand were most affected by the crisis. Hong Kong, Malaysia, Laos and the Philippines were also hurt. The People's Republic of China, India, Taiwan, Singapore, Brunei and Vietnam were less affected. first round was a precipitous drop in the value of the Thai baht, Malaysian ringgit, Philippine peso, and Indonesian rupiah. As these currencies stabilized, the second round began with downward pressures hitting the Taiwan dollar, South Korean won, Brazilian real, Singaporean dollar, and Hong Kong dollar.
What is the issue of causing Currency Crisis??
3. The Asian financial crisis involves four basic problems or issues:
a) A shortage of foreign exchange that has caused the value of currencies and equities in Thailand, Indonesia, South Korea and other Asian countries to fall dramatically;
b) Inadequately developed financial sectors and mechanisms for allocating capital in the