Fed hike will intensify market risks for Asian central banks |

The expected 75 basis points interest rate increase from the Federal Reserve this week will heap pressure on its Asian counterparts to speed up monetary tightening—or risk further fund outflows and weaker currencies.

Recent tightening announcements from unscheduled meetings of the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas indicate that Asia’s central banks are susceptible to making rapid readjustments as inflation bites harder than expected. Smaller cushion Inflation has risen to the highest in 23 years in South Korea, 21 years in Australia and 14 years in Thailand. And the worst may not be over as elevated commodity prices and supply-chain disruptions continue to drive up import costs.

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