alleryStart learning →Which of these was a currency crisis of the 1990s that made firms pay closer attention to foreign exchange risk?
ADot-com stock crash
BAsian currency crisis
CSuez canal crisis
DOil price embargo
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Asian currency crisis
The Mexican peso, Asian currency and Russian crises of the 1990s caused large forex losses and sharpened corporate attention to the risk.
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