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What’s Happening in EM: Some Funds Bet on Rate Cuts (Podcast)

Interest Rates & YieldsMonetary PolicyEmerging MarketsCredit & Bond MarketsSovereign Debt & RatingsGeopolitics & WarInvestor Sentiment & PositioningMarket Technicals & Flows

Some emerging-market funds are positioning for anticipated interest-rate cuts and a rebound in beaten-down EM debt, expecting central banks to ease to offset a war-induced growth shock. Managers are taking a risk-on, speculative stance betting on spread compression and price recovery in local- and hard-currency sovereign and corporate bonds if rates decline.

Analysis

Some emerging-market funds are positioning for anticipated interest-rate cuts and a rebound in beaten-down EM debt, expecting central banks to ease to offset a war-induced growth shock. Managers are taking a risk-on, speculative stance betting on spread compression and price recovery in local- and hard-currency sovereign and corporate bonds if rates decline.

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