Risk of setbacks remain high for emerging markets: ABN AMRO

SINGAPORE (May 30): According to a Friday report released by ABN AMRO, calm has returned to emerging markets since mid-February this year, with the rise of commodity prices and recovery of stock markets and exchange rates of many emerging markets.

However, the research house’s head of emerging markets Marijke Zewuster warns that the risk of setbacks is as high as ever.

Although emerging markets have several advantages such as interest rates for international capital markets that are expected to remain low for some time to come,  Zewuster believes that “cautious optimism is still warranted, despite the fact that (ABN AMRO has) made significant downward adjustments to the growth assumptions for a few key emerging markets.

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