Tag: Emerging Markets

IMF cuts global growth forecast, warns of prolonged stupor

The International Monetary Fund trimmed its forecasts for global output on Tuesday for the sixth time since early last year, saying stronger growth in most advanced economies would fail to make up for a more sluggish expansion in the developing world. Prospects for emerging markets, long the engine of the […]

Emerging markets attract investors’ interest

Smaller emerging markets’ companies are drawing interest from investors wary of wilder frontier economies but willing to delve deeper into familiar territory in pursuit of returns. Buying shares in firms with market capitalisations of less than $3bn offers a way to tap into economies in which demand from a rising […]