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Coronavirus to trigger more widespread EM rate cuts

The continued spread of the coronavirus and the Fed’s emergency rate cut will result in more aggressive loosening in EMs than we previously envisaged. We expect central banks in much of Emerging Asia to continue cutting interest rates, and have now pencilled in additional rate reductions in Brazil, India, Mexico, Poland and South Africa.

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