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Lat Am leads the EM tightening cycle

Several EM central banks have raised interest rates in the past couple of months on the back of growing inflation concerns (including many in Latin America) and/or strong economic recoveries (parts of Central Europe, Korea). Hiking cycles look set to continue for a while longer, with Latin America likely to tighten most aggressively. Bucking the trend is much of Asia, where – with the exception of Korea – policy tightening still looks some way off.

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