Bubble, bubble toil and trouble?

Concerns that super-loose monetary policy in the West will fuel a bubble in emerging market assets are beginning to mount. While we believe that capital flows to Latin America will ease over the course of 2010 as commodity prices fall back, history shows that any concerns regarding the development of bubbles should be taken seriously. In this Focus we identify four key indicators to monitor over the next year or so.

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