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A fiscal health check

We expect most major EMs to loosen fiscal policy further next year. Weak public finances mean that a few major EMs, notably Brazil and South Africa, will need to tighten policy. But aside from Argentina, the risk of messy sovereign debt crises is generally limited to smaller EMs in the Middle East & Africa.

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