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EM on the Rise, Sentiment Shifts and Consumer Spending Keeping GDP Afloat Despite Inflation Surge
Emerging markets are leading the global economies in cutting interest rates, just as they led the world in raising rates as inflation surged. With better monetary and fiscal restraint during the pandemic, emerging markets didn’t experience as sharp a spike in inflation as the developed world endured. As a result, they are now better positioned to ease financial conditions, cutting policy rates earlier than their European and American counterparts. The latest S&P Global PMI survey reveals less inflationary pressure on both input and output prices in the emerging markets, and sturdier growth in output (manufacturing and services) than in developed markets.
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