Page 12 - Emerging Markets

Double whammy: EMs brace for long struggle as Fed hikes meet trade war

The prospect of a deepening rout in emerging markets was underscored this week with the IMF cutting its outlook for world growth for the first time since 2016

PMIs dampen emerging market mood; trade war takes toll on Asian currencies

Helped by the moves in the peso and the lira, the MSCI index for EM currencies was flat

Here's why it is too early to speak of global contagion in emerging markets

The 1997 Asian financial crisis has changed the way economists approach currency crisis

India becomes latest epicenter of nervousness sweeping emerging markets

Rupee down as much as 1.3%, most across emerging Asia

JPMorgan, BlackRock warn contagion hitting emerging markets

Global trade tension, a strengthening dollar and the prospect of more US interest-rate increases led portfolio flows into emerging markets to slow to $2.2 billion last month

Troubled times to last a while longer for emerging markets, say hedge funds

To blunt the blow of the trade war, Beijing recently switched its economic priorities and is ready to deploy infrastructure spending again

Is the world staring at a textbook emerging market crisis beyond Turkey?

Total emerging market borrowing increased from $21 trn in 2007 to $63 trn in 2017 and EMs need to repay or refinance around $1.5 trn in debt in 2019 and again in 2020

Turkey's inflation to trade worries, factors that will drive EMs this week

The US is leaning toward slapping fresh tariffs on Chinese imports as early as this week, affecting a further $200 billion of goods

Ugly August for emerging markets as currency crises spread

The emerging asset class's latest woes came from Argentina, where the peso tumbled to a record low

Why a Chinese bailout for Pakistan may not be politically viable for Xi

Distressed emerging markets are looking to China for help as their currencies wilt

Emerging markets at mercy of falling Yuan as currency war looms. Here's why

Asian currencies, including the South Korean won and Indonesian rupiah, have borne the brunt of the sell-off in emerging markets this month, with the yuan the worst performer after Turkey's lira

The bright spot

India is the only EM offering growth and stability to global capital

Rupee slide is part of the story

We are much better placed than in 2013 with our overall fundamentals much stronger - higher foreign exchange reserves, a more favourable growth-inflation mix and an institutional framework for targeti

Emerging market sell-off is only going to get worse, says survey

The allure of riskier assets is starting to fade amid escalating US-China trade frictions and the Fed's continuing quantitative tightening

Emerging-Market rally pits Morgan Stanley against Goldman Sachs

Ignore cheap valuations and fade the rally, say strategists

Trouble in Emerging Markets

A strengthening dollar, rising interest rates, tightening liquidity and a surge in oil prices - all are combining to create a toxic atmosphere for EM assets

Emerging Asia hit by biggest foreign investor exodus since 2008

While emerging markets shone in the first quarter, suggesting resilience to Federal Reserve tightening, that image has shattered over the past two months

Emerging markets can't blame Fed for their problems. Here's why

Central banks in developing countries have had to adjust domestic policies in response to these external pressures

Looking for a haven in emerging-market turmoil? Try India

Propelled by economic reforms that started in 1991 and have been deepened by Modi's government, India's middle class has ballooned past 600 mn.

EMs: Canary in financial coal mine?

Even if any emerging-market bond meltdown remains contained, recent jitters ought to be a wake-up call, even for advanced economies