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A Call for Vigilance After a Strong Year for Risky Assets

2021-05-13T12:56:12-04:00January 28, 2020|

By Tobias Adrian and Fabio Natalucci

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While we have seen some recent volatility, many risky asset markets around the world had a spectacular year in 2019. Equity market indices were up just over 30 percent in the United States, close to 25 percent in Europe and China, and over 15 percent in emerging markets and Japan. Emerging-market sovereign debt, U.S. high-yield debt, and emerging-market corporate debt all had returns in excess of 12 percent. Remarkably, the fourth quarter of 2019 was […]

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Ensuring the Benefits of Capital Flows in the Middle East

2021-05-13T12:56:12-04:00January 15, 2020|

By Jihad Azour and Ling Zhu

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Since the global financial crisis of 2008, emerging market economies have experienced a surge in capital flows in response to significant monetary easing by major central banks. Gross capital inflows to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have remained high compared to other emerging markets, but their composition has changed significantly, with a surge in portfolio flows (equity and bond instruments) and a decline in foreign direct investment. […]

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Top 10 Charts of the Week for 2019

2020-01-06T17:16:30-05:00December 30, 2019|

By IMFBlog

The decade is over and with it goes another year of insightful, thought-provoking, and dare we say clever, charts of the week brought to you by the IMF.

Everyone likes a great chart, right? So to get the new year started on the right foot, take a minute and look back at what caught your eye (or what you might have missed) in 2019. […]

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