Foreign exchange reserve accumulation by emerging markets has been cited by some as a reason whybond yields in the developed world have fallen in recent months and by others as evidence that the morevulnerable EMs are rebuilding external buffers following last year’s “taper tantrum”. However, a closerlook at the data suggests that neither claim holds much water.
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