Latin America: The test that dare not speak its name

A strengthening dollar is going to make life harder for emerging markets, whether you want to hear it or not.

As rising US interest rates feed into a general deterioration of global markets’ sentiment towards emerging markets (as well as specific runs on the Argentine and Turkish currencies) the obvious question is: will this turn of the EM cycle be different?

In one immediate way, it undoubtedly is. And that is that journalists asking this question of bankers and investors should be ready for spiky reactions.

“Oh, is it that time in the cycle?” groaned one. “It’s out-dated, lazy journalism.

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