{"id":283298,"date":"2026-02-14T04:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T04:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/283298\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T04:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T04:34:09","slug":"budget-support-and-equity-market-push-commerzbank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/283298\/","title":{"rendered":"Budget support and equity-market push \u2013 Commerzbank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Commerzbank\u2019s FX analysts note that Singapore\u2019s 2026 Budget emphasizes supply-side support, SME internationalisation and capital-market development, including fresh funding for the Equity Market Development Programme and Anchor Fund. The Singapore Dollar has outperformed most Asian peers, with USD\/SGD nearing a 10-year low as the Straits Times Index hits record highs.<\/p>\n<p>Fiscal support and strong currency performance<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Prime Minister Lawrence Wong unveiled the 2026 Budget yesterday, with a focus on supply-side support and capital market development.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In FX, USD-SGD was little changed at 1.2630 yesterday.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The pair is approaching the 10-year low of 1.2580.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This year, SGD is the second <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fxstreet.com\/brokers\/best-forex-broker\" data-fxs-autoanchor=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">best<\/a> performing Asian currency behind MYR (+4.0%) and THB (+1.9%).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Year-to-date, SGD is up 1.8% vs the USD.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(This article was created with the help of an Artificial Intelligence tool and reviewed by an editor.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Commerzbank\u2019s FX analysts note that Singapore\u2019s 2026 Budget emphasizes supply-side support, SME internationalisation and capital-market development, including fresh&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283299,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[138,219,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-283298","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}