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Currency weakness to have mixed impact on EM inflation

The recent bout of currency weakness is likely to add to inflation concerns in EMs that have either seen their currencies fall a long way or have limited spare capacity in their economies (mainly Latin America but also Turkey). However, in EMs where currency moves have been small (Central Europe) or there is ample spare capacity in the economy (Mexico and parts of Asia) the impact on inflation will be limited. 

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