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Latam FX and TRY Taking A Hit This Month

EMERGING MARKETS
  • EM currencies have been depreciating sharply in June with the global economic outlook constantly being revised to the downside, with Latam FX and TRY standing at the bottom of the table.
  • BRL has been the worst performing currency among the EM world, down nearly 8% against the US Dollar despite the BCB hiking by 50bps (levitating the Selic rate to 13.25%, highest since the start of 2017).
    • USDBRL has been approaching its key resistance at 5.25, which corresponds to the 200DMA; next level to watch above that stands at 5.40.
  • Momentum on CLP has also been bearish, down 6.8% against USD this month, as the peso has been impacted by the economic slowdown and the fall in copper prices.
    • USDCLP broke above the 876.15 key resistance this week and is currently trading at an all-time high.
  • Dovish CBRT and negative real yields continue to weigh on TRY, which also stands among the weakest-performing currency this month and is the weakest FX performer this year.
  • The CBRT is meeting on June 23 and is (again) expected to maintain its 1W repo rate steady at 14% despite inflation nearing 75%.

Source: Bloomberg

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