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Rising global capital costs pose challenge for emerging economies: Anurada Thakur

IN · 2026-10-04

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Key takeaway

Rising global capital costs squeeze emerging-market borrowing and investment

  1. Step 1 · The triggerglobal government borrowing and AI-related debt-financed investment push up the worldwide cost of capital
  2. Step 2 · Knock-onemerging-market sovereign and corporate spreads widen as global risk premiums rise
  3. Step 3 · Knock-onIndian banks and NBFCs reprice floating-rate loans and tighten credit standards
  4. Step 4 · Reaches youan Indian SME's working-capital cost rises and credit availability tightens, squeezing operating margin

The trigger is reported by the source below. The steps that follow are Branch²’s traced reasoning — how the shock could reach a business like yours, not a prediction.

Source: livemint.com

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