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Emerging Market Debt Indicator October 2020

Our EM Fixed Income team summarises market developments during October across the EM sovereign debt universe. The team also shares its views on the outlook for EM debt, provides insights into portfolio positioning, and this month examines another surprise interest rate decision in Turkey.

13 Nov 2020

20 minutes

EMD Team
Our EM Fixed Income team summarises market developments during October across the EM sovereign debt universe. The team also shares its views on the outlook for EM debt, provides insights into portfolio positioning, and this month examines another surprise interest rate decision in Turkey.

This edition includes:

  • Market review
  • Top-down views and outlook
    • Surprise interest rate decision in Turkey.
      A closer look at the unexpected move by the Turkish central bank in October, which saw no adjustments to the weekly repo rate.
  • Portfolio positioning highlights
    • An overview of our positioning in a selection of regions, countries and currencies.

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