29.06.2015 - Bank for International Settlements warns of emerging market risks
Economists and foreign investors may have overestimated the potential economic output of a quintet of Latin American countries by 2 percentage points, leading to the possibility of sharp financial outflows when reality sinks in. Separately, “massive borrowing” by emerging market companies has also left them vulnerable to funding reversals if and when investor sentiment towards EMs reverses. These are among the warnings from the Bank for International Settlements, commonly known as the central bankers’ central bank, in its annual report, released on Sunday. Amid slowing economic growth across much of the emerging world, the BIS says that a “moderation” of growth from the very high rates seen in recent years is “probably unavoidable”...............................................Full Article: Source
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