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Emerging currencies may be facing calm before the storm

Investors may be underestimating US Federal Reserve's will to raise interest rates, analysts say

Published Mon, Jul 13, 2015 · 09:50 PM

    London

    EMERGING-MARKET currencies have become a relative sea of calm amid Greece's debt crisis and China's collapsing stock prices, marking a level of complacency that strategists say is destined to end badly.

    JPMorgan Chase & Co indexes show that volatility in the exchange rates of developing economies fell below price swings for the Group of Seven currencies last week by the most since 2013. It is usually the other way around in turbulent times.

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