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Free AccessEM FX Suffer Despite Aggressive Tightening
- In the beginning of the year, we questioned if the aggressive tightening cycle run by EM central banks in 2021 (Latam/CEE) was eventually going to support EM currencies, which would help policymakers ease inflationary pressures (via the FX channel).
- However, geopolitical and macro events (Ukraine war, supply chain disruptions, China slowdown) have led to stronger pressure in EM, particularly in the CEE region (including Turkey).
- USD strength and accelerating inflation have ‘forced’ EM central banks to maintain their hawkish stance in 2022 and prolong their tightening cycle, therefore increasing the risk of accelerating the economic downturn.
- The chart below shows that Latam and CEE have continued their aggressive tightening cycle in hopes to tame inflation, with Czech Republic and Chile being the ‘most hawkish’ ones.
- However, momentum on CZK and CLP has remained bearish since the start of the year, with the two currencies down 6.7% and 3.6%, respectively.
- USDCLP broke above the 876.15 key resistance this week and is currently trading at an all-time high.
- TRY remains the worst performing currency in 2022 as dovish CBRT and deep negative real yields continue to weigh dramatically on the lira.
- Despite EM policymakers’ effort, stagflation fears and market uncertainty keep weighing on EM FX; to the exception of BRL, MXN and ZAR, the rest of EM currencies are down in 2022 (If we look only at QE, all EM FX are down this quarter).
- We left RUB aside as we do not think that the current spot rate reflects the ‘true market’ rate of the ruble.
- See our analysis on RUB here: https://marketnews.com/rub-spot-the-illusion-recovery
- With the Fed accelerating its tightening (75bps hike last week) and geopolitical uncertainty favoring demand for USD, EM policymakers are in a difficult position as further tightening will significantly impact the economic activity.
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