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  • Wednesday, 12 February, 2020
    AnalysisEM Squared
    China leads dramatic pan-Asian wealth surge Premium

    Latin America tumbles down the rankings after four decades of underperformance 

  • Wednesday, 5 February, 2020
    AnalysisEM Squared
    ‘Sustainable’ emerging market stocks outstrip indices Premium

    Study raises as many questions as it answers, though

  • Wednesday, 29 January, 2020
    AnalysisEM Squared
    Growth in ‘south-south’ trade grinds to a halt Premium

    Slowdown comes despite rising protectionism and sluggish growth in the west

  • Tuesday, 21 January, 2020
    AnalysisEM Squared
    Emerging market inflation hits near-six-year high Premium

    Rising food and fuel prices could halt rate-cut cycle in its tracks

  • Thursday, 16 January, 2020
    AnalysisEM Squared
    Asian states avoid currency manipulator tag after odd timing of US Treasury report Premium

    Vietnam, Thailand and Taiwan cleared despite credible evidence to the contrary

  • Tuesday, 14 January, 2020
    AnalysisEM Squared
    Africa reduces industrial activity as Asia grabs market share Premium

    Reliance on agriculture as high as in 1981, even as its importance tumbles elsewhere

  • Thursday, 9 January, 2020
    AnalysisEM Squared
    Debt ‘crisis’ in poor countries driving public spending cuts  Premium

    Jubilee Campaign warns Sustainable Development Goals at risk because of rising debt service costs 

  • Monday, 23 December, 2019
    AnalysisEM Squared
    Ethiopia seizes crown as fastest-growing country in the 2010s Premium

    East African nation beats a bevy of Asian states — but is now ripping up its playbook 

  • Thursday, 19 December, 2019
    Special ReportEmerging Markets: Skills
    Offshoring slows as wages rise in some emerging economies

    Narrowing pay gaps are reducing competitive advantage for traditional destinations

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  • Friday, 13 December, 2019
    Special ReportInternational Governance
    Should poor countries welcome Beijing’s money?

    China is outdoing the west as a source of funding for infrastructure projects

  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2019
    AnalysisEM Squared
    Fund managers shun Saudi, China upgrades Premium

    Emerging market investors refuse to budge even as index weightings rise sharply

  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
    Markets InsightEmerging markets
    The IMF supertanker may be changing course

    Policymakers seem to be warming to capital controls to avoid stagnation spreading

  • Friday, 22 November, 2019
    Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
    Market analysts assess economic and political outlook

    Investment experts discuss challenges of growth, stock market and security

  • Tuesday, 19 November, 2019
    Global trade
    China’s trade dominance dealt a blow after US gains

    Shift has raised prospect that Beijing has reached the limits of its export domination

  • Tuesday, 19 November, 2019
    AnalysisEM Squared
    The great haul of China, illustrated Premium

    Beijing is the leading goods supplier to most countries, even as some see signs of a peak

  • Thursday, 14 November, 2019
    AnalysisEM Squared
    Upbeat emerging market forecasts called into question Premium

    IMF’s Panglossian 2020 vision is eyed with ‘bemusement’ in some quarters

  • Tuesday, 5 November, 2019
    AnalysisEM Squared
    Protests pose threat to emerging market fiscal stability Premium

    Some see wave of demonstrations as reaction to inequality or low commodity prices

  • Monday, 4 November, 2019
    Special ReportFTfm: Smart Beta
    Mystery is part and particle of smart beta

    Trying to understand how funds’ factors work is as baffling as quantum theory

  • Wednesday, 30 October, 2019
    AnalysisEM Squared
    Default risk rises rapidly in frontier markets Premium

    Almost half of countries already distressed or at high risk of distress, IMF says 

  • Friday, 25 October, 2019
    AnalysisEM Squared
    Debt-ridden state-owned firms pose rising risk to EM public finances  Premium

    IMF warns of threat to government balance sheets from deteriorating SOE finances

  • Tuesday, 22 October, 2019
    AnalysisEM Squared
    Vietnamese exports surpass economic output Premium

    Beneficiary of US-China trade ructions joins trade entrepôts on elite list

  • Tuesday, 15 October, 2019
    Emerging market investing
    Hong Kong stocks slip to sharp discount versus mainland Premium

    Premium for onshore stocks almost doubles this year

  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2019
    Americas economy
    Jamaican stock exchange rallies to become world’s best-performing

    Caribbean nation’s strict adherence to IMF programme helps turn economy round

  • Thursday, 3 October, 2019
    Emerging markets
    ‘Systematic error’ driving overblown EM growth forecasts Premium

    Trend growth has slowed sharply, catching out forecasters, Citi says

  • Friday, 27 September, 2019
    AnalysisEM Squared
    Emerging markets ‘have space’ to kick-start growth Premium

    All major EMs can ease either fiscal or monetary policy, research claims

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