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This is EM currency performance versus the Dollar in 2024. The 3 worst performers are: (i) Argentina's Peso; (ii) Brazil's Real; (iii) Russia's Ruble.
Source: Bloomberg, Robin Brooks
BREAKING 🚨: Brazil Brazilian Real has collapsed to an all-time low against the U.S. Dollar
Source: Barchart
The Russian Ruble has fallen 71% against the US Dollar over the last decade
Source: Visual Capitalist
The similarity between the Dollar rise since the election and what happened in 2016 is uncanny.
In both cases, the Dollar was by this point closing in on a 4% rise, with an ultimate rise of around 6% by the end of the year. So - if 2016 is a guide - there's another 2% to go now. Source: Robin Brooks
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