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Emerging Markets : Economist Says It’s Too Soon For Em Crisis

NEWS Harvard economist Jeffrey Frankel says that we are in the boom phase of the third consecutive cycle of capital inflows to developing countries and that the next emerging-market meltdown won’t happen until about 2010. “It’s the Biblical ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : End Of An Era As Yeltsin Dies

RUSSIA Boris Yeltsin: Russias first freely elected president The death of former Russian president Boris Yeltsin in April marked the end of an era for Russia. Retrospectives in the Russian press of the country’s first freely elected president ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Making The Grade

BRAZIL Brazil's agricultural output is helping boost its economy Brazil moved closer to a coveted investment-grade rating in May as both Standard & Poor’s and Fitch upgraded the sovereign to BB+ from BB. The rating puts it just ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Market Resumes Frenzied Growth

CHINA Eureka: New oil and gas deposits in China China’s stock market is again breaking records, with the Shanghai Composite Index surging past the 4,000-point milestone for the first time on May 9. Stock fluctuations early this year ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Rupee Strengthens To Nine-year High Against The Dollar

INDIA Winds of change: The Indian rupee rises against the dollar The Indian rupee gained nearly 7% over a nine-week period culminating in the second week of May in a nine-year high against the US dollar on increasing ...

Banking

Features : Big Banks Eye Micro Market

SECTOR REPORT / MICROFINANCE Some of the world’s biggest banks are taking an interest in lending to some of the world’s smallest potential customers. After her husband died, Adija Msw was left destitute with an extended family ...

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Milestones : Chinas Banks Face Call To Tighten Environmental Standards

CHINA Kiani Kertas pulp mill in Indonesia Bankrolled by an injection of capital from the Chinese government, which enabled them to write off non-performing loans (NPLs), as well as fresh investment from foreign stakeholders, China’s leading commercial banks ...

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Newsmakers : Key Ipo Weathers Political Storm

TURKEY Gul: Nomination triggered a political crisis Turmoil sparked by the nomination of a suspected Islamist candidate for president in Turkey might have been expected to derail the long-anticipated l2.5 billion Turkish Lira ($1.86 billion) privatisation of the ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Economist Says It’s Too Soon For Em Crisis

Emerging Markets : End Of An Era As Yeltsin Dies

Emerging Markets : Making The Grade

Emerging Markets : Market Resumes Frenzied Growth

Emerging Markets : Rupee Strengthens To Nine-year High Against The Dollar

Features : Big Banks Eye Micro Market

Milestones : Chinas Banks Face Call To Tighten Environmental Standards

Newsmakers : Key Ipo Weathers Political Storm

Newsmakers : Multilateral Malaise

Emerging Markets : Singapore Exchange Racks Up Global Listings

Cover Story : Boom Times

Emerging Markets : Will Palm Oil Be Asia’s Biofuel?