The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is likely to steepen the S$NEER slope by 50 bps. SGD should benefit from a further tightening of monetary policy settings, in the opinion of economists at TD Securities.

Selling USD/SGD on rallies up to around 1.34

“We expect the MAS to tighten monetary policy settings through a steepening in the slope of the S$NEER band at its April MPS, likely on 14 April.”

“SGD should benefit from a further tightening of monetary policy settings and we suggest selling USD/SGD on rallies up to around 1.34.”