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CEEMEA: Rising Uncertainty Increases Preference For USD in June

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  • The rising uncertainty over the Delta variant has increased preference for safe assets such as the USD in June.
  • To the exception of the RUB (up 1.7%), all other major CEEMEA currencies are down this month against the greenback.
  • ZAR and HUF are the biggest losers, down 3.7% and 3.6% (vs. USD), respectively, following strong performance in May (both currencies were up 5.5% against USD last month).
  • PLN and CZK have also depreciated by 3.1% and 2.8% this month.
  • Rising political and economic uncertainty has led to more TRY depreciation, down 2.8% against the USD, currently trading close its record low reached last week.

Source: Bloomberg /MNI

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