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Submerging Markets?

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Emerging markets, until recently the main engines of world economic growth, are losing momentum – with serious implications for global recovery. How have commodity prices, domestic politics, and advanced-country monetary policy undermined emerging-market growth, and what do recent developments mean for investors, consumers, and policymakers worldwide?

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  1. Containing Competitive Monetary Easing

    Containing Competitive Monetary Easing

    Apr 28, 2014 Raghuram G. Rajan calls for monetary-policy coordination among major central banks.

  2. The Future of Economic Progress

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    Apr 15, 2014 Kemal Derviş homes in on the key questions surrounding the nature and measurement of contemporary growth.

  3. The Growing Divide Within Developing Economies

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    Apr 11, 2014 Dani Rodrik examines why informal and traditional sectors are expanding, rather than shrinking.

  4. Losing Interest

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    Apr 11, 2014 Barry Eichengreen examines competing explanations for three decades of decline in real interest rates.

  5. Sentiment and Sensibility in Emerging Markets

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    Apr 9, 2014 Laura Tyson says that differentiation of country and sector risk will determine future investment flows.

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    Apr 1, 2014 Jaana Remes & Luis Rubio take issue with flattering headlines heralding a new emerging-market success story.

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