The coronavirus outbreak could expose financial vulnerabilities in China and other EMs if factory and other workplace closures are extended. Within China, property developers are particularly vulnerable to a halt in spending, though the government would probably offer support given the extreme circumstances. Elsewhere, the impact on risk appetite from a deeper downturn in China would hit those EMs with fragile balance sheets, notably Turkey, Argentina, Ukraine and South Africa.
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