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Reduced scope to catch up will limit EM and global growth

The rapid expansion of emerging economies (EMs) over the past decade or two has reduced the scope for further “catch-up” growth. Along with this, many EMs are likely to continue falling short of their potential growth rates, meaning that aggregate growth in EMs will be much lower than in the past. That said, we still expect EMs to account for well over half of global growth in the coming years.

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