How will sustained low oil prices affect EM currencies?

The currencies of many emerging economies have sold off recently, due to general US dollar strength and, in some cases, declining oil prices. While our forecast that oil prices will remain low suggests that there is little scope for the currencies of oil exporters to rebound, it is a more varied picture for the currencies of oil importers.


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