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Argentine default likely to remain a (difficult) local issue

Confirmation that Argentina has officially fallen into default after failing to agree a deal with holdout creditors is likely to rattle local markets and has the potential to do significant damage to the domestic economy. But we suspect that contagion to other emerging markets is likely to be limited – for financial markets elsewhere in the emerging world, the big issue remains the Fed.

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