This Month: The Bottom Line - Reports.(Javelin Strategy & Research, capital flows)

From: The Banker | Date: May 1, 2006 | Copyright information

IIF REPORT

Capital Flows to Emerging Market Economies

Total net private capital flows to emerging markets are expected to reach $357bn this year, down from the record $400bn posted in 2005 but still the second highest ever recorded. According to the Institute of International Finance (IIF), the global association of 340 financial institutions, the decline reflects substantial pre-financing by sovereign bond issuers last year in anticipation of tighter global markets.

The IIF notes that the stronger pace of private capital flows continued in the first two months of ...

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