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Why EM Currencies Are Crushing Stocks in June 2026
In this episode of The Emerging Markets Podcast, Lucas and Luna examine a strange divergence gripping developing economies in early June 2026: while emerging market stocks are plunging—South Korea's KOSPI down over 13 percent in a week, Brazil's Bovespa sliding nearly 6 percent—many EM currencies are actually holding steady or even strengthening. The Chinese yuan has barely budged, the Mexican peso is firm, and the trade-weighted dollar is slipping. Lucas argues the selloff is about country-specific risk, not a systemic EM crisis, pointing to South Korea's political turmoil…
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