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Central European local investors will hold on to bonds

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CENTRAL EUROPE

The lira’s collapse is fuelling outflows from Turkey’s local currency government debt market, as foreign investors reduce their purchases of emerging market (EM) domestic debt…

The ECB will set the speed of global credit tightening

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INTERNATIONAL

The ECB's plan could tip the scales towards tighter credit conditions globally. However, there are concerns about global growth -- particularly in the euro-area -- and government…

Even gradual quantitative tightening raises GDP risks

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INTERNATIONAL

Quantitative easing and GDP.

ECB faces multiple challenges in withdrawing stimulus

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EU

ECB policy deliberations.

Market nerves roil Turkey and Central Europe

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EUROPE

Markets have taken badly the Fed's more hawkish policy guidance for 2017, not expecting such a shift in monetary policy so soon. The shift in US monetary policy comes just as the…

Koruna is likeliest in Central Europe to rise further

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CENTRAL EUROPE

The rally in Central Europe’s currencies despite the dovish stance of most of the region’s central banks.

China supplants Fed as main risk to EMs

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INTERNATIONAL

While futures markets are assigning a 28% probability to a rate hike this month, emerging markets (EMs) are likely to remain under strain regardless of whether the Fed tightens…

Foreign holdings of EM debt are a key global risk

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INTERNATIONAL

Risks surrounding increased foreign participation in EM bond markets.

China and 'Grexit' risks weigh on EMs globally

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INTERNATIONAL

This month, 3 trillion dollars had been wiped off the value of all listed companies since a seven-year high on June 12, undermining confidence in the government's ability to steer…

Prospects for the global economy in 2017

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PROSPECTS 2017

Prospects for the global economy in 2017.