Emerging Markets Enter the Perfect Storm
For much of the past year, investors had begun to believe that emerging markets were finally emerging from the shadows of the post-pandemic monetary cycle....
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India Begins Defending the Rupee as the Emerging-Market Stress Cycle Returns
For years, India represented the favourite emerging-market story of global investors. Strong growth. Structural reforms. Digitalisation. Expanding middle class. Geopolitical neutrality. Demographic power. Now the...
The Return of the Usual Suspects: Risky Sovereigns Ride the Global Yield Hunt
Some of the world’s most precarious sovereign borrowers are tiptoeing back into international debt markets, eager to cash in on investors’ growing appetite for yield,...
The Great Emerging Market Bond Rush
Yield-hungry investors are once again fuelling a borrowing bonanza across developing nations, prompting a record surge in hard currency bond issuance, all in a mad...
Emerging Markets Face the Heat: Trump’s Tariffs, Dollar Strength, and Bond Woes
The outlook for emerging market bonds denominated in local currencies is deteriorating as investors abandon hopes of rate cuts, brace for a potential trade war,...
Fitch lowers China’s outlook to negative due to a rise in debt
Fitch has revised China’s outlook from stable to negative, stating that the government risks accumulating debt as it seeks to steer the economy away from...
A New Attraction for Emerging Dollar Debt
Borrowers from developing countries are rushing to sell debt, capitalizing on increased investor appetite and the search for high yields.Mexico led the way, starting the...
A $400 billion debt burden threatens emerging market companies
Cracks are deepening for vulnerable companies in emerging markets as global borrowing rates reach their highest levels since the financial crisis, disrupting opportunities to refinance...
The Indian Central Bank adopts a hawkish stance with a surprise bond plan
The Reserve Bank of India has adopted a hawkish policy stance, stating that inflation remains too high and that it might take measures to absorb...