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EM growth stuck at post-crisis low

Our GDP Tracker suggests that EM GDP growth has remained stuck at just over 4.0% y/y in recent months – a low not seen since the aftermath of the global financial crisis. However, the aggregate figure mask increasing divergences at a country-level. Growth in some EMs, notably in South East Asia, appears to have accelerated, while the downturn in the major BRIC economies has gathered pace.

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