Emerging Market Currencies Tumble to Record Low in ‘Violent’ Selloff

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Emerging-market currencies are in free fall.
An index of the major developing-nation currencies fell to an all-time low this week, extending its drop over the past year to 19 percent, according to data compiled by Bloomberg going back to 1999. The Russian ruble, Colombia’s peso and the Brazilian real have fallen more than 30 percent over the past year for some of the worst global selloffs.
China’s economic slowdown is pushing downCOMMODITY PRICES, weighing on raw-material exporters from Brazil to Mexico and South Africa. Adding to the pain is the expectation that the Federal Reserve will soon embark on the first interest rate increase since 2006, threatening to lure capital away from developing nations.

This post was published at David Stockmans Contra Corner on July 26, 2015.

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