Persistent balance of payments strains brought pressure on some of the region’s non-oil producing countries who employ fixed exchange rate regimes. FX reserves have been depleted to support currencies and, in some cases, these are insufficient to cover the monetary base, only adding to our view that several exchange rates are in need of adjustment.
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