August 17, 2020
Investimentos estrangeiros demorarão para chegar no Brasil, diz IIF
Fortun assesses Brazil's slower recovery in foreign investment and investors' increasing attention to country-specific risks after the pandemic shock.
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August 3, 2020
Mercados emergentes voltam a atrair capital em julho, diz IFI
Fortun describes a recovery in parts of emerging-market capital markets and questions how broadly and durably July's renewed investment would spread.
View detailsJune 4, 2020
Moedas flexíveis de emergentes podem ajudar economias em crise
Fortun and Robin Brooks explain how flexible exchange rates can cushion commodity exporters and importers during the pandemic and help current-account adjustment.
View detailsMay 6, 2020
La credibilidad en el Banxico es una fortaleza para México, afirma el IIF
Fortun identifies central-bank credibility and a flexible peso as strengths for Mexico during the pandemic-related financial shock.
View detailsMay 5, 2020
Capital outflows from EMs reverse in April to modest gains
Fortun discusses the modest recovery in emerging-market flows after March's pandemic shock, with debt and Chinese equities contributing to the reversal.
View detailsApril 28, 2020
Intervenções do BC no câmbio chegam a US$ 49 bi na pandemia
In reporting on Brazil's foreign-exchange intervention during the pandemic, Fortun explains why economies may seek to limit currency volatility, including balance-sheet mismatches and inflation concerns.
View detailsApril 2, 2020
The same stimulus that rich countries lean on could worsen poor economies
Bloomberg examines the risks of monetary and fiscal stimulus in emerging economies facing capital flight and foreign-currency debt. Jonathan Fortun contrasts the speed of pandemic-era outflows with the more prolonged withdrawals experienced during the global financial crisis.
View detailsApril 1, 2020
Emergentes têm saída recorde de investimentos em portfólio, de US$ 83,3 bi
Coverage of a report by Fortun and Benjamin Hilgenstock describes the record withdrawal of foreign portfolio capital from emerging markets in March 2020.
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