Private debt in EMs: big risk or damp squib?

Concerns about the rapid growth of private sector debt in EMs have resurfaced in recent days. Our view remains unchanged: fears that a debt crisis will engulf the entire emerging world are overdone but financial risks are building in several places, including larger EMs such as China and Brazil.


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