Stress Testing Corporate Balance Sheets in Emerging Economies /

In recent years, firms in emerging market countries have increased borrowing, particularly in foreign currency, owing to easy access to global capital markets, prolonged low interest rates and good investment opportunities. This paper discusses the trends in emerging market corporate debt and levera...

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Автор: Chow, Julian
Формат: Журнал
Мова:English
Опубліковано: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015.
Серія:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2015/216
Онлайн доступ:Full text available on IMF
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