Rising trade deficit puts pressure on exchange rate
The VND/USD exchange rate in 2017 is predicted to suffer the greatest pressure from the demand of foreign currency due to the increasing trade deficit, according to the National Financial Supervisory Commission.
Hanoi (VNA) – The VND/USD exchange rate in 2017is predicted to suffer the greatest pressure from the demand of foreigncurrency due to the increasing trade deficit, according to the NationalFinancial Supervisory Commission (NFSC).
According to a report of economic growth in April and forecast for the whole year 2017 recently announced by the NFSC, thetrade deficit is likely to account for 3.5 percent of the export turnover in 2017.
The country’s abundant foreign currency supply source continueseasing the pressure on the exchange rate, the report stressed.
It reported that the abundant supply of foreign currencies,which comes from the strong increase of foreign indirect investment (FII) and foreign direct investment(FDI) sources, and the continuous downward trend of Bloomberg Dollar Index, hassignificantly reduced the pressure on the exchange rate.
The committee forecasts that the US Federal Reserves (Fed)’sinterest rate hike has not caused any pressure on the foreign exchange in theshort term in 2017 as the interest rate of dong deposits are still moreattractive than the dollar deposits.
In the long run, the exchange rate is likely to be under greater pressure ifthe Fed continues increasing the interest rate, aiming to lift the interestrate to 3 percent by the end of 2019, it said.
NFSC also noted the trend of strong depreciation of the Chinese Yuan would makea big negative impact on Vietnam’s economy due to the country’s rising tradedeficit with China. The trade deficit rose to 28 billion USD in 2016 from 23.7billion USD in 2013.
If compared with the GDP, Vietnam’s trade deficit with China was 14 percent,which was much higher than the 2 percent trade deficit of the US and China, theNFSC said.
As of May 11, the central exchange rate announced by the State Bank stood at22.377 VND/USD, one percent higher than against those in early this year.Meanwhile, the rate announced by commercial banks valued at 22.730 VND/USD,down 0.28 percent compared to the beginning of the year. -VNA
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