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The “Taper Tantrum” one year on

A year on from the start of the so-called “taper tantrum”, in which concerns about the withdrawal of monetary stimulus by the Fed sent shock waves through EM financial markets, the vulnerabilities that put several EMs in the spotlight remain. As a result, these economies could come under renewed fire as investors’ attention shifts towards the implications of monetary tightening by the Fed.

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