FX

Emerging market currencies rocked by Fed fears

Domestic pressures as well as the strength of the dollar are pushing currencies down

The euro and yen are slumping sharply against the dollar, but currencies in some emerging markets are feeling even more strain.

"Rising US yields, Fed fears and Greece uncertainties trigger a bloodbath amongst high-yielding emerging-market currencies," said Bernd Berg, an emerging-market strategist at Société Générale in London.

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