Today, the central exchange rate of the Vietnamese Dong against the USD announced by the State Bank is 24,151 VND per USD, an increase of 10 VND compared to yesterday's session.
Applying a 5% margin, commercial banks today are allowed to trade USD exchange rates within the range of 22,943-25,359 VND/USD.
The reference USD buying rate is still maintained by the State Bank of Vietnam at 23,400 VND/USD. Meanwhile, the USD selling rate has been adjusted up 10 VND compared to yesterday, to 25,308 VND/USD.
At commercial banks, the USD/VND exchange rate was also adjusted to increase sharply.
At 2:47 p.m. on September 18, Vietcombank listed the USD cash buying price at 24,480 VND/USD and selling price at 24,850 VND/USD, an increase of 130 VND in both buying and selling prices compared to early this morning (September 17).
Similarly, the USD price at other banks also increased sharply, many banks were more expensive by more than 100 VND compared to yesterday morning.
Compared to early yesterday morning, BIDV this afternoon increased the USD price by 120 VND in both buying and selling directions, trading at 24,500-24,840 VND/USD (buying - selling).
VietinBank also raised the USD buying and selling prices to 24,509-24,849 VND/USD, an increase of 119 VND in both directions.
Techcombank increased the buying price of USD cash to 24,473 VND/USD, selling price to 24,864 VND/USD, an increase of 78 VND in buying price and 75 VND in selling price.
Sacombank raised the USD price to 24,520-24,850 VND/USD (buy - sell), an increase of 130 VND for buying and an increase of 100 VND for selling.
Meanwhile, the USD price on the free market was adjusted downward.
Today, the USD price is commonly bought at foreign exchange points at 24,850 VND/USD, sold at 24,950 VND/USD. Compared to the previous session, the free USD price today decreased by 50 VND in both buying and selling.
The gap between the USD price in the free market and the bank channel has been narrowed. The USD buying price in the free market is currently only 300 VND higher while the USD selling price is about 100 VND more expensive than the USD price at banks.
In the world market, the USD price fluctuated little. The US Dollar Index (a measure of the strength of the greenback compared to other major currencies) at 3:30 p.m. on September 18 (Vietnam time) reached 100.83 points, down 0.07% compared to the previous session.
The world financial markets are eagerly awaiting the US Federal Reserve's (Fed) policy decision, with expectations that it will cut interest rates for the first time in more than four years.
The Fed began its two-day meeting (from the evening of September 17, Vietnam time). According to signals from the Fed and the market, in this meeting, the Fed may cut the operating interest rate for the first time since March 2020. Previously, the Fed had raised interest rates 11 times, bringing the interest rate to the current level of 5.25-5.5%.
TH (according to Vietnamnet)Source: https://baohaiduong.vn/gia-usd-ngan-hang-tang-manh-truoc-thoi-diem-fed-cong-bo-quyet-dinh-lai-suat-393421.html
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