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(Bloomberg) -- The gauge for emerging-market currencies and stocks declined, posting the worst week since August 1 as traders assess the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate-cut outlook and US President Donald Trump’s latest round of tariffs. MSCI’s EM currency index slipped 0.2%, a seventh straight session of losses. A similar gauge tracking developing-nation stocks slumped 1.4% on Friday. Risk appetite for emerging-market assets took a hit this week as mixed signals from Fed officials and stronger-than-expected US economy data clouded the outlook for the future pace of rate cuts. A Bloomberg spot...

(Bloomberg) -- Emerging-market equities and currencies snapped three days of declines on Monday as President Donald Trump signaled certain nations will receive breaks from next week’s reciprocal tariffs, boosting risk appetite across the region. Most Read from Bloomberg The MSCI emerging-market equity index rose 0.4%, driven by gains in Hong Kong-traded technology bluechips. Developing-world currencies, meanwhile, traded mixed, with the broad gauge up less than 0.1%. The Mexican peso led gains amid easing tariff pressures from the world’s largest economy. Trump’s upcoming tariff announcement on April 2 is poised to...