Repeat of Asian crisis ‘unlikely’, say Singapore bank chiefs
Policy-makers are responding more proactively to risks than in 1997, and economies are seen as much stronger
Despite recent foreign exchange volatility and a global commodity market downturn hitting commodity exporters in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), a repeat of the 1997 Asian financial crisis is a low probability, according to the chief executives of two major Singapore banks.
The Malaysian ringgit and Indonesian rupiah have been two of the worst-performing currencies globally
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