Foreign investors withdrew $26.3 billion from emerging-market stocks and bonds in September, the first outflow since…
Key takeaway
$26.3bn EM capital flight in September — first outflow since June — as hawkish Fed lifts UST yields
- Step 1 · The triggerthe Fed holds hawkish, lifting the US Treasury yield curve and widening the rate differential over EM
- Step 2 · Knock-onglobal capital reallocates from EM equities and bonds into US Treasuries, triggering $26.3bn of EM outflows
- Step 3 · Knock-onthe USD strengthens on safe-haven and rate-differential flows, tightening global dollar liquidity
- Step 4 · Knock-onEM central banks face pressure to hike defensively or burn reserves, destabilising local demand and FX pegs
- Step 5 · Reaches youUS SMEs with EM supply chains see higher FX-adjusted input costs, wider trade-finance spreads, and slower EM receivables collection
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Source: IN:Economic Times
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