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Spate of financial crises avoided, but hangovers loom

Most major EMs have managed to avoid acute balance of payments, banking sector and sovereign debt problems so far this year. But pockets of vulnerability remain. In particular, the risk of another full-blown currency crisis in Turkey is very high. And despite recent debt restructurings, sovereign default risks in Argentina and Ecuador are likely to re-emerge over the medium term.

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