Hong Kong Monetary Authority buys HK$3.26 billion worth of US dollars to support local currency

Hong Kong’s de facto central bank said on Friday it had sold HK$3.26 billion (US$415.3 million) worth of US dollars in an attempt to prop up the Hong Kong dollar after it slumped to its weakest level in 35 years and breached the lower limit of its …
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