Emerging market debt wall looks scalable as investors warm to risk
By Libby George LONDON (Reuters) – After a grim couple of years for developing countries, with rapid interest rate rises prompting a string of defaults, investors say the coming wall of debt…
IMF says Fed tightening appropriate, adds to risks for emerging markets
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Federal Reserve is acting “appropriately” to tighten monetary policy and signal a higher future rate path, but the policy shift does bring risks for emerging market countries dependent…
JPMorgan says Russia remains part of its emerging debt indexes, new bonds excluded
LONDON – JPMorgan said on Tuesday that Russian debt remained part of its emerging market bond indexes for now but that new debt issued by sanctioned Russian entities would not be included…
Emerging markets better equipped to deal with Fed rate hike cycle – S&P
LONDON – Financing conditions have tightened for emerging markets both domestically and externally but they are better prepared to handle the U.S. Federal Reserve’s upcoming monetary tightening policy cycle, ratings agency S&P…
Emerging markets “much better” able to weather monetary tightening-Indonesia central bank
JAKARTA – Emerging markets will be able to weather global monetary tightening, including U.S. rate hikes, “much better” this year compared with previous periods of tightening, Indonesia’s central bank Governor Perry Warjiyo…
Column-After dire decade, Emerging Markets face Fed liftoff again: Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON – Whether emerging economies have already done enough to pre-empt the global central bank tightening cycle may dictate whether investors in them can escape yet another dire decade.…
U.S. rate hikes could hit highly dollarized emerging market banks – Moody’s
By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK – Banks in Latin America and emerging Europe are most exposed to dollarization among developing economies, making them vulnerable to weaker local currencies and increasing withdrawals in…
Dashboard of emerging market vulnerabilities to rising global rates
By Patturaja Murugaboopathy and Gaurav Dogra – Poorer ’emerging market’ countries are facing the headwind of rising global interest rates this year, which in the past has prompted international investors and their…
Emerging FX already riding higher local rates will outperform this year: Reuters poll
By Vuyani Ndaba and Vivek Mishra JOHANNESBURG/BENGALURU – Emerging market currencies will struggle to stem losses in the near-term as the U.S. Federal Reserve lifts interest rates off the zero bound, but…
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