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Economic Update
IFM Investors Chief Economist Dr Alex Joiner comments on the latest global economic news and trends.
Concerns of emerging economy dislocation, currency depreciation and equity sell offs occupied the focus of global markets over the past month.
Emerging markets, in particular, are facing intensifying risks. As well, despite ongoing exceptionalism in the US and a bounce in Japan, concerning are mounting in the UK, Europe and Australia.
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