Emerging market authorities tend to print domestic currency to buy dollars, to prevent excessive currency appreciation.
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There has been no significant policy announcement under the new leadership there that could explain the recent currency appreciation.
Elsewhere, investors should expect central banks to lower rates to limit currency appreciation.
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We might see more currency appreciation, but not to the degree as we have seen coming from a low base.
First, EM currency appreciation has stopped since 2011 following a period of strong currency appreciation following the global financial crisis.
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Mantega is responsible for the all-important task of keeping the Brazilian growth miracle going by taming the double-threats of currency appreciation and inflation.
Less reliance on interest rates and currency appreciation to control inflation.
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Besides the Israeli shekel, the other main exception is the South Korean won which, as a result of currency appreciation, is now 8% overvalued against the dollar.
Investors may also get the added upside of currency appreciation.
In the two days following his speech, the peso fell by 5% against the dollar, ending a month of steady currency appreciation, though it has since edged up again.
These developing countries often intervene in currency markets to prevent currency appreciation and its negative effects on their balance of trade resulting from currency depreciation and manipulation in other countries.
If that is reached in the weeks ahead, investors should expect Finance Minister Guido Mantega to dig into his bag of tricks to try to put the breaks on currency appreciation.
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Decisions like this will benefit all categories of emerging bonds, but particularly local currency bonds which are positioned to gain value on the back of currency appreciation over the long run.
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The Finance Minister pushed forth with measures to slow currency appreciation including capital controls, finally getting traditionally orthodox institutions like the International Monetary Fund and managing director Dominique Strauss-Khan to lend their support.
While these policies - clamping down on loans, currency appreciation and interest rate rises - have been effective inflation fighting tactics, they have proven to be a drag on growth for the corporate sector.
The problem in Brazil is not so much currency appreciation, but how its consumption based economic model interacts with a strong currency, says Tony Volpon, head of Latin America research at Nomura in New York.
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The growing trend of multinationals shifting some of their product sourcing from China to other countries in Asia has been driven by a combination of rising labor costs, worker shortages, inflation, currency appreciation and changing policies.
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If the bet pans out, EMLC investors will enjoy capital gains from the currency appreciation as well as what appears to be a very attractive yield, presently around 6% after the 0.49% expense ratio is subtracted.
Along those lines, we note that senior US officials have been quiet on the issue of currency appreciation, with the US Treasury Department delaying the publication of its semiannual report on exchange rate policies, which was due on April 15.
Then there are all the transactions that take place because investors are trying to ensure the best return on their money relative interest rates, inflation, and the scope for future currency appreciation and depreciation are all factors which influence such decisions.
With the central bank steadfastly holding the benchmark Selic rate at 7.25 percent, it seems policymakers have turned to currency appreciation in order to try to guide inflationary expectations down after the recent mid-month January inflation read out of of 6 percent, a 12 month high.
While this helps to contain inflation in an import-dependent economy, further rapid capital inflows could trap Manila in a vise that's increasingly common in developing Asia rapid currency appreciation (which would argue for lower interest rates to deter excess capital inflows) versus mounting asset inflation (which would require higher interest rates).
Expectations that the Brazilian Finance Ministry would announce new currency measures to curb appreciation of its currency, the real, have not been met.
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In New Zealand, the head of the central bank said the bank has intervened in currency markets to slow the appreciation of its currency, but admitted there was only so much it could do.
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In nearby New Zealand, the head of the central bank said the bank has intervened in currency markets to slow the appreciation of its currency, but admitted there was only so much it could do.
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Investors note that there are a number of factors that could temper any move by China to halt the currency's appreciation.
By way of comparison, China is tightly controlling its currency, and only allowing minimal appreciation against the dollar, preferring to address currency and inflationary concerns with higher bank reserve requirements and increased tariffs on imports.
Despite worsening terms of trade and appreciation of our currency, the trade deficit is the same as last year.
Couple that with the stealth appreciation of the currency and gains resulting from a looser peg could prove elusive.
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This is one reason why the government, despite prodding from America, continues to set its face against an appreciation of its currency.
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