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Middle East tensions and the impact on EM rates

Rising tensions in the Middle East present a significant upside risk to our oil price and inflation forecasts, and could force a handful of EM central banks to abandon easing cycles or even hike interest rates. But a majority of central banks would probably have scope to continue cutting interest rates.

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