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Should we worry about low EM credit spreads?

Following a long-lasting decline, emerging market (EM) credit spreads have rarely been much lower than they are now since the financial crisis. This does not mean that they are bound to pick up any time soon. But spreads appear to have stopped falling, and we suspect that they will rise a little in the next couple of years.

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