Emerging markets

Seven emerging economies are at risk of a crisis in the exchange rate. They are Sri Lanka, South Africa, Argentina, Pakistan, Egypt, Turkey and Ukraine, experts from Nomura Holdings, quoted by Bloomberg, said in an interview.

Asian markets tumbled Wednesday on growing concerns about emerging market economies, adding to the uncertainty stoked by Donald Trump's trade rows with China and Canada.

Latin America's economic growth is set to come in lower than expected this year, as U.S. protectionism and widespread wariness of emerging markets put a drag on the region, a U.N. panel said on Aug. 23.

A Goldman Sachs-World Bank Group partnership to provide capital to women entrepreneurs in emerging markets has reached $1 billion in investments, the institutions said on May 18, far surpassing their goal of $600 million.

The Bulgarians are fortunate enough to live in the economically developed part of the planet but can not yet skip the threshold and enter the group of the highest income countries in the world where is all the rest of the EU except our neighbors Romania and Croatia.

Chinese President Xi Jinping told an international summit on Sept. 5 that although the global economy had improved, risk factors had also increased.

Addressing the "Dialogue of Emerging Market and Developing Countries," Xi appeared to rebuke the United States's recent resistance to international agreements - including the Paris climate accord. 

China's stocks took a major step towards global acceptance on June 21, finally winning a long campaign for inclusion in a leading emerging markets benchmark, in what was seen as a milestone for global investing.

Emerging market stocks fell on Jan. 19 and currencies struggled to make much headway after U.S. Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen said interest rates should rise steadily, boosting the dollar.

In a Jan. 18 speech Yellen said it made sense to raise rates given that the U.S. economy was close to full employment. 

U.S.-based multinational alternative investment company National Standard Finance (NSF) will connect Turkey to a $2 trillion funding network that is set to bring in more foreign direct investment and help boost the economy, CEO Russell A. Duke has told Anadolu Agency.

Romania was officially included in the Watchlist of countries that show a substantial potential to be an emerging market, according to the FTSE Russell decision, published on Thursday, the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) informs.