Strong dollar a boon or bane for Asia?

The dollar has weakened since October 3, bucking three months of appreciation, but many expect it to resume its rise. The potential implications for investors in Asia divided independent researchers' opinion at a recent forum organised by industry body Asia IRP in partnership with AsianInvestor. As measured by the dollar index spot exchange rate calculated from Reuters data, the greenback declined 1.75% to 85.19 yesterday from 86.69 on October 3, having climbed from 79.81 on July …