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Fresh falls in Latin American currencies

Latin American currencies have tumbled against the US dollar since mid-October and in many cases they are close to the lows that they reached during the height of this summer’s market sell-off. Uncertainty about the timing of Fed tapering will remain a near-term source of volatility in FX markets, but we suspect that the general trend will be one of further weakness against the dollar over the next year. 

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