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Putting the EM sell-off in context

EM financial markets have steadied today, but the moves over the past few weeks have been relatively large compared with the other Fed-related sell-offs over the past 18 months. That said, this sell-off has been much less severe than those driven by rising US Treasury yields that occurred between 2013 and 2015, reflecting the fact that EMs’ economic vulnerabilities have declined since then.

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