SovereignDebt
Egypt
+1
Jun 6, 2025
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10 min read
A classic case of economic mismanagement
Checklist: overvalued currency, high external debt, weak revenues, low reserves
EMDEs
+1
May 2, 2025
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9 min read
Which ESG Factors Matter to EM Sovereign Bond Investors?
Hint: it's not the "E", or the "S", but the "....
AEs
+4
Mar 6, 2025
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13 min read
The role reversal in emerging and mature markets
Policy volatility has receded in many EMs but increased in the G7.
Brazil
+7
Feb 20, 2025
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14 min read
How are EM investors navigating 2025's policy minefield?
Opportunities still to be found despite heightened risks to FMs and local currency.
EMDEs
+2
Dec 12, 2024
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9 min read
Sovereign Stress Tracker: Why have risks moderated in Argentina?
Argentina is the Tracker's most-improved sovereign. Here's why.
EMDEs
+2
Nov 28, 2024
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13 min read
Sovereign Stress Tracker: Argentina's stunning turnaround
Argentina is the Tracker's most-improved country thanks to astonishing economic policy results
EMDEs
+1
Nov 21, 2024
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9 min read
EM sovereign strains inch upward in 2024, but remain historically low
Asset class maturity is evident in EM amid the post-pandemic inflationary shock
Macro
+3
Nov 7, 2024
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11 min read
Trump's red wave puts emerging markets under water
Double-whammy of higher U.S. yields and stronger dollar, with peak deglobalization still to come
LICs
+2
Oct 31, 2024
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9 min read
Emerging economies adrift in a high-debt world
With global public debt at $100 trillion, many countries need more IMF-World Bank help.
EMDEs
+1
Oct 10, 2024
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9 min read
Volatile US Treasuries spell trouble for emerging market debt
The Fed's data-dependence is clouding EM's mostly-benign cutting cycle outlook
Macro
+2
Sep 19, 2024
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6 min read
Is the Washington Consensus Dead?
Small island states and large emerging markets have the biggest budget deficits in 2024
Macro
+2
Jul 26, 2024
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11 min read
The IMF's "extend and pretend" deal with Pakistan
Instead of "one and done", Islamabad and the Fund kick the can down the road.
LICs
+5
Jun 18, 2024
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10 min read
China's lending to developing nations declines
Though Chinese creditors still hold more LMIC external debt than the G7 ex-Japan
EMDEs
+1
Jun 11, 2024
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12 min read
The Geopolitics of Sovereign Debt
EMDE sovereign borrowers walk a tightrope in the fragmented creditor landscape
