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NEER Little Changed, Exports Fall in July

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The SGD NEER (per Goldman Sachs estimates) is little changed in early dealing this morning and is well within recent ranges, we currently sit ~0.8% below the top of the band.

  • Broader USD trends continue to dominate flows, USD/SGD ticked higher extending YTD highs. The pair is marginally firmer in early dealing on Wednesday and last prints a touch above the $1.36 handle.
  • Bulls now target the high from 30 November ($1.3765). Bears focus on the 200-Day EMA ($1.3473).
  • July export data was weaker than expected for Singapore. For the month we fell -3.4%, versus +1.3% forecast. The prior read was +5.2%. Electronic exports were down -26.1% y/y, versus -16.0% prior.
  • The domestic docket is empty for the remainder of the week.

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