A handful of EM central banks have ramped up FX sales to provide support to weakening currencies over the past couple of months. And with inflation high and the US dollar likely to strengthen further, others could follow suit. FX intervention is unlikely to prevent further depreciation, but central banks with healthy FX reserve buffers may have some success in slowing the pace of currency falls.
In view of the wider interest, we are also sending this Emerging Markets Overview Update to clients of our FX service.
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