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Rising US yields were already triggering substantial emerging market outflows in March 2021. Robin Brooks and Jonathan Fortun nevertheless distinguish that episode from the 2013 taper tantrum: previous inflows had been smaller, and current accounts and real exchange rates were better positioned. Those initial conditions supported their view that the disruption would remain a setback rather than a systemic collapse.
Abstract
Rising US yields were already triggering substantial emerging market outflows in March 2021. Robin Brooks and Jonathan Fortun nevertheless distinguish that episode from the 2013 taper tantrum: previous inflows had been smaller, and current accounts and real exchange rates were better positioned. Those initial conditions supported their view that the disruption would remain a setback rather than a systemic collapse.
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Robin Brooks, Jonathan Fortun (2021). Global Macro Views: How bad will the 2021 EM Flows Tantrum be?. Institute of International Finance.