Most emerging markets are running current account surpluses, making them less dependent on foreign financing
Emerging markets
have been in the headlines lately. After performing strongly for quite a while, markets all of a sudden started to focus on risks again. Elke Speidel-Walz, Chief Economist Emerging Markets at DWS, is not concerned for the overall asset class. In particular, she points at the development in current account
balances: Only two of the 20 most important Emerging Market countries
Sources: IMF World Economic Outlook, Deutsche Asset Management Investment GmbH as of 05/28/18