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Revisiting EM debt risks

The slowdown in the global economy has raised fresh concerns about rising EM debt levels. The risks posed by China’s credit boom are now well known, although mitigated by the nature of the lending. Among major EMs, debt vulnerabilities appear most acute in Turkey, Argentina and Ukraine and (to a lesser extent) in the Andes and parts of East Asia.

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