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Currency sell-off tests resolve of some central banks

History suggests that the sell-off in EM currencies over the past couple of months could be large enough to push central banks in Mexico, Brazil and South Africa to raise interest rates – although the scale of any tightening is likely to be much smaller than has already been undertaken by policymakers in Turkey and Argentina.

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