91. The rush to get out involved the selling of local currencies, like the Thai baht, to convert to yen and dollars to pay off the loans. 92. The recent plunge by the Thai baht after the government liberalized exchange rates should boost sales of bearings Minebea exports from factories in Thailand. 93. The recent plunge by the Thai baht should boost sales of bearings Minebea exports from factories in Thailand. 94. The Thai baht and Malaysian ringgit are propped by relatively high interest rates, traders said. 95. The Thai baht has lost half its value against the U.S. dollar this year and this has prompted selling of other currencies in the region. 96. The Thai baht may well have stood a better chance if Soros was saying that it should go up. 97. The Thai baht was unchanged. 98. The Thai baht fell in late Asian trading, after a volatile day in which the currency fell, then rose and fell again. 99. The Thai baht gained on a larger-than-expected current account surplus. 100. The Thai baht was unchanged against the U.S. dollar as the dollar held steady against the yen and mark, traders said. |