Wismuller Gunter Foresees Emerging Asia's $11 Billion Outflow on Dollar's Rally
Wismuller Gunter reports that global funds sold about $11 billion of equities and bonds in Asia's emerging markets after Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election as expectations for his economic policies sent Treasury yields higher and sparked the dollar's strongest rally in eight years.
Vienna, Austria, November 27, 2016 --(PR.com)-- India suffered the biggest outflows recently, followed by Thailand, according to calculations by Austrian based financial house Wismuller Gunter. The capital flight trims the year-to-date inflow into India, Indonesia, the Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand to around $55 billion.
"Fund outflows from emerging markets will probably continue for a while and then investors will see if Trump will carry out some policies he has mentioned before the election, such as fiscal stimulus and protectionist-type trade policies," Masakatsu Fukaya, an emerging markets trader with Mizuho Bank Ltd. in Tokyo, said in a phone interview with Wismuller Gunter. "Many of his policies may lead to a stronger dollar and are negative on the emerging markets."
The current wave of fund outflows is unlikely to match that of the so-called Taper Tantrum when then Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke's signal to reduce monetary stimulus sent a shock wave through global markets, according to Wismuller Gunter analyst there are more positive factors now including macro improvements in the region including narrowing of current-account deficit in Indonesia and India.
"You can continue to see some more outflows but I don't think it's anywhere similar in terms of the overall scope of what we've observed in the Taper Tantrum," said Ross Wang, Hong Kong-based head of Asian credit at Wismuller Gunter. "If you look at the Asian economies at that point, a number were on a very weak footing. Since that Taper Tantrum, you've seen a very significant move in terms of macro stability that you see in Asia."
The U.S. dollar index climbed the most since 2008 in the two weeks just past amid speculation that President-elect Trump's reflationary policies will trigger higher interest rates. By contrast, South Korea's won has dropped 3.5 percent since the U.S. election, Indonesia's rupiah has weakened 2.7 percent and the Philippine peso has fallen 2.6 percent.
Trump said in a video that he will issue notification of intent to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal on his first day in office. He has pledged to spend $1 trillion to rebuild and improve the nation's crumbling infrastructure.
"Fund outflows from emerging markets will probably continue for a while and then investors will see if Trump will carry out some policies he has mentioned before the election, such as fiscal stimulus and protectionist-type trade policies," Masakatsu Fukaya, an emerging markets trader with Mizuho Bank Ltd. in Tokyo, said in a phone interview with Wismuller Gunter. "Many of his policies may lead to a stronger dollar and are negative on the emerging markets."
The current wave of fund outflows is unlikely to match that of the so-called Taper Tantrum when then Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke's signal to reduce monetary stimulus sent a shock wave through global markets, according to Wismuller Gunter analyst there are more positive factors now including macro improvements in the region including narrowing of current-account deficit in Indonesia and India.
"You can continue to see some more outflows but I don't think it's anywhere similar in terms of the overall scope of what we've observed in the Taper Tantrum," said Ross Wang, Hong Kong-based head of Asian credit at Wismuller Gunter. "If you look at the Asian economies at that point, a number were on a very weak footing. Since that Taper Tantrum, you've seen a very significant move in terms of macro stability that you see in Asia."
The U.S. dollar index climbed the most since 2008 in the two weeks just past amid speculation that President-elect Trump's reflationary policies will trigger higher interest rates. By contrast, South Korea's won has dropped 3.5 percent since the U.S. election, Indonesia's rupiah has weakened 2.7 percent and the Philippine peso has fallen 2.6 percent.
Trump said in a video that he will issue notification of intent to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal on his first day in office. He has pledged to spend $1 trillion to rebuild and improve the nation's crumbling infrastructure.
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