Here’s one more factor that could add to emerging-market headwinds
July 17, 2018 at 14:12 PM EDT
Emerging markets have been struggling with rising global interest rates and stronger dollar, among other bearish factors, in 2018. But you can also add ‘hot money’ inflows to the list, as investments that could reverse quickly in times of trouble, bringing even more downside risk to emerging-market assets, according to economists at the Institute of International Finance.