| What’s the worst performing currency so far in 2015? Not the oil-soaked Norwegian krone, or even the crisis-hit Russian ruble. Nor the swooning euro or sterling. All have been pipped to the New Year’s wooden spoon by a perhaps surprising candidate: the usually dull Czech koruna.
The currency weakened by 1% against the euro on Monday following some disappointing retail sales data from the Czech Republic, taking its losses for the year so far to 2.7%. The prospect of further easing from the European Central Bank is dragging down the euro side of the equation here, but against the dollar, no currency has fared worse in 2015 than the koruna’s 5.4% loss...............................................Full Article: Source
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