Given the breadth of the trends described above, risks could come from many directions. For the EUR and JPY, a cold snap in weather could prove the biggest risk. For high-yielding EM currencies, a reversal of the decline in US rate volatility would prove detrimental. If headline inflation were to fail to fall nearer 3%, or US labour market data fails to show further easing, then EM currencies could weaken.

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