{"id":37386,"date":"2018-09-05T07:29:23","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T12:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=37386"},"modified":"2018-09-05T07:29:23","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T12:29:23","slug":"it-will-get-a-lot-worse-global-stocks-tumble-as-em-contagion-roils-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=37386","title":{"rendered":"“It Will Get A Lot Worse”: Global Stocks Tumble As EM Contagion Roils Markets"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“It Will Get A Lot Worse”: Global Stocks Tumble As EM Contagion Roils Markets<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Global stocks tumbled on Wednesday, as a drop in European markets followed a broad sell-off across Asia, as rising pressure on emerging markets intensified concerns of contagion and spillover into developed markets, leading to a sea of red in world stocks.<\/p>\n

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A day after emerging market currencies tumbled, it was the stock market\u2019s turn in the hot seat, <\/strong>with shares sliding from Japan to Australia, and were crushed in Indonesia, where the nation\u2019s benchmark lost almost 4%. Meanwhile, with no let-up in trade tensions near and new $200bn in US tariffs against China likely to be slapped as soon as tomorrow<\/strong>, the dollar strengthened for a fifth session and commodities slipped, led by oil, while the 10-year Treasury yield eased back to 2.89%.<\/p>\n

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At the same time, with the Fed showing no signs of slowing its rate hikes, investors are turning ever more cautious on emerging markets. Traders were focused on turmoil in developing nations wondering just how high rates will reach to contain the currency selloff, how acute the resulting economic slowdown will be and whether the volatility will spill into developed markets. Overnight, inflation in the Philippines exceeded 6% for the first time in nine years, joining Turkey and Argentina as another developing economy with soaring prices.<\/p>\n

Predictably, the ongoing rout in emerging markets has not only not showed any signs of letting up, but accelerated overnight, with most currencies around the globe sliding against the soaring dollar, while the MSCI index of emerging market stocks heading toward a bear market.<\/p>\n

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