11.  In mid-May, the Bank of Thailand imposed controls on the baht to shore up its currency after a speculative attack.

12.  In recent months, speculative attacks on the baht have put pressure on other regional currencies.

13.  In recent weeks Brazilian shares fell first on concern about a possible speculative attack on the real.

14.  Interest rates across the region have soared as central bankers have tried to defend their currencies from speculative attacks.

15.  Interest rates were raised in late October to protect the Brazilian real against a speculative attack.

16.  Indonesian interest rates have soared to six-year highs in the past two months as the central bank has tried to fend off speculative attacks on the rupiah.

17.  It could be unlikely as long as Southeast Asian currencies remain under threat of speculative attack.

18.  Local rates started to rise two weeks ago as the Hong Kong Monetary Authority moved to fend off a speculative attack on the Hong Kong dollar.

19.  Manu Bhaskaran, head of research for SocGen-Crosby in Singapore, said the peso is the most vulnerable to speculative attack among Southeast Asian currencies.

20.  Money market rates soared last month as the central bank tried to defend the ringgit from speculative attacks.