What next for “frontier” currencies?

“Frontier” currencies have been the hardest hit in the latest bout of EM financial market turmoil. Looking ahead, we think further exchange rate weakness is likely to be concentrated in those countries that have already seen the sharpest falls – Argentina, Ukraine and Ghana. But a weakening of oil prices and falling FX reserves could force the Nigerian authorities to devalue the naira.

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