EM assets & the risk of higher inflation

We think that there is a risk of a period of moderately higher inflation in some major emerging markets (EMs) over the coming years. If that came to pass, it would probably be bad news for local-currency sovereign bonds in these markets, but not necessarily for EM equities or sovereign dollar bonds.

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