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EM Falling but Economies Stronger than in Previous Crisis

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Emerging markets are in free fall. Currencies are reeling, stocks are tanking and commodities are sinking, evoking memories for many investors of the financial crisis that hit Asia hard in 1997 and 1998.

Concerns over a slowdown in China have dented confidence, while investors have also fretted over the impact on emerging markets of an imminent increase in interest rates by the U.S. Fed.

But Morgan Stanley has identified eight reasons why it believes this latest turmoil is not as grave as the crisis in the late 90’s.

via CNBC

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Alfonso Esparza

Alfonso Esparza

Senior Currency Analyst at Market Pulse
Alfonso Esparza specializes in macro forex strategies for North American and major currency pairs. Upon joining OANDA in 2007, Alfonso Esparza established the MarketPulseFX blog and he has since written extensively about central banks and global economic and political trends. Alfonso has also worked as a professional currency trader focused on North America and emerging markets. He has been published by The MarketWatch, Reuters, the Wall Street Journal and The Globe and Mail, and he also appears regularly as a guest commentator on networks including Bloomberg and BNN. He holds a finance degree from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM) and an MBA with a specialization on financial engineering and marketing from the University of Toronto.
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