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Grace Tan

Emerging Markets Correspondent. Covers capital flows, currencies, and growth across emerging and frontier economies. She reports on rate cycles, debt dynamics, and the sectors attracting foreign investment.

Articles de Grace Tan

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Emerging Markets12 septembre 20264 min de lecture

BRICS Finance Chiefs Call for IMF Reforms, Local-Currency Settlements; Criticize Unilateral Tariffs

Finance ministers and central bank governors from BRICS nations demanded greater representation for emerging economies in the IMF and World Bank, pushed for local-currency trade settlements, and condemned unilateral tariff actions as inconsistent with WTO rules.

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Emerging Markets22 août 20265 min de lecture

Evergrande Founder Hui Ka Yan Sentenced to Life, Record Fines Signal Withering of China's Property Boom Era

A Chinese court on Thursday sentenced Evergrande Group founder Hui Ka Yan to life in prison and imposed fines totaling $1.3 billion on his company, in a landmark ruling that analysts say formally closes the chapter on the debt-fueled property model that powered China's growth for two decades.

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Emerging Markets21 août 20264 min de lecture

US National Debt Hits $40 Trillion; Treasury Moves to Cap Yields

The U.S. national debt surpassed $40 trillion on Wednesday, according to multiple reports, as interest costs soar and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced fresh support for longer-dated bonds to stem a surge in yields.

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Emerging Markets21 août 20264 min de lecture

US National Debt Hits $40 Trillion as Interest Costs Surge and Treasury Steps In to Curb Yields

The Treasury announced total public debt surpassed $40 trillion for the first time, jumping $60 billion in one day, adding the last $1 trillion in just over three months. The milestone arrives as the cost of servicing the record debt load accelerates and the Treasury launches new buyback operations to support longer-dated securities.

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Emerging Markets20 août 20264 min de lecture

Japan's bond rout threatens Takaichi's fiscal strategy as 10-year yield nears 3%

Japan’s benchmark 10-year government bond yield is on the brink of hitting 3% for the first time since the mid-1990s, testing Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s assumption that economic growth will outpace borrowing costs and raising the specter of debt-servicing costs surging past the government’s budgeted 31 trillion yen.

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Emerging Markets31 juillet 20264 min de lecture

Korea to Cap Single-Stock Leveraged ETFs to Curb Retail-Driven Volatility

South Korea will limit retail investors’ exposure to single-stock leveraged ETFs, including a potential 20% portfolio cap, after the products were blamed for fueling a market rout that erased billions of dollars in value.

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Emerging Markets31 juillet 20263 min de lecture

South Korea Weighs Cap on Single-Stock Leveraged ETFs in Retail Portfolios

South Korea’s financial authorities announced plans to limit retail investor exposure to single-stock leveraged ETFs and raise trading costs, blaming the products for amplifying a market rout that has erased about 40% from the Kospi.

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Emerging Markets30 juillet 20264 min de lecture

South Korea caps single-stock leveraged ETFs, vows emergency steps after Kospi rout

South Korea announced new curbs on single-stock leveraged ETFs, including a potential 20% cap on individual portfolios, after the Kospi plunged about 40% from its June peak and triggered a second straight day of circuit breakers.

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