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Current account deficits still a source of EM vulnerability

Large current account deficits and a reliance on short-term capital flows make a number of emerging economies vulnerable to a deterioration in the external funding environment. Turkey is most exposed on this front, but if commodity prices fall, several Latin American economies are at risk too.

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