EMERGING MARKETS-Latam currencies firm on weak U.S. payrolls; weekend elections eyed – Reuters
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By Susan Mathew and Ambar Warrick
June 4 (Reuters) – Latin American currencies firmed on
Friday as disappointing U.S. payrolls data dented expectations
of imminent policy tightening, while the focus turned to weekend
elections in Mexico and Peru.
The below-expectation U.S. nonfarm payrolls data eased
worries that the…