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Submerging Markets?

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Emerging markets, until recently the main engines of world economic growth, are losing momentum – with serious implications for global recovery. How have commodity prices, domestic politics, and advanced-country monetary policy undermined emerging-market growth, and what do recent developments mean for investors, consumers, and policymakers worldwide?

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  1. Containing Competitive Monetary Easing

    Containing Competitive Monetary Easing

    Apr 28, 2014 Raghuram G. Rajan calls for monetary-policy coordination among major central banks.

  2. The Future of Economic Progress

    The Future of Economic Progress

    Apr 15, 2014 Kemal Derviş homes in on the key questions surrounding the nature and measurement of contemporary growth.

  3. The Growing Divide Within Developing Economies

    The Growing Divide Within Developing Economies

    Apr 11, 2014 Dani Rodrik examines why informal and traditional sectors are expanding, rather than shrinking.

  4. Losing Interest

    Losing Interest

    Apr 11, 2014 Barry Eichengreen examines competing explanations for three decades of decline in real interest rates.

  5. Sentiment and Sensibility in Emerging Markets

    Sentiment and Sensibility in Emerging Markets

    Apr 9, 2014 Laura Tyson says that differentiation of country and sector risk will determine future investment flows.

  6. The Two Mexicos
    dr3326c.jpg Dean Rohrer

    The Two Mexicos

    Apr 1, 2014 Jaana Remes & Luis Rubio take issue with flattering headlines heralding a new emerging-market success story.

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