The Monetary Authority of Singapore announced a surprise easing

  • An unexpected policy easing via its Singapore dollar trade weighted exchange rate
  • The announcement was made outside of its usual twice-yearly policy review
  • Said while it would continue to allow the Singapore dollar to rise on a modest and gradual appreciation path, it would lower the slope at which it guides the currency

The full statement is linked to at my initial post, here

(but … what the heck, here it is again)

sgd chart 28 January 2015