2000-03-14 Equity Markets contagion
Daily Brady Bond Trading Commentary
Tuesday March 14, 2000
Emerging Markets could not separate from a down day in the volatile U.S. equity market.
Most Mexican debt is now trading well below the levels seen immediately before the Moody's upgrade announcement. S&P's ratings upgrade on Monday of this week gave the market a lift, as did Mexico's impressive industrial production growth of 8.2% y/y in January.
But the EM debt market is driven by liquidity as well, and, especially amid the abundant supply of new issues, the market is concerned with the potential side effects of major disturbances in G-7 capital markets. With U.S. inflation figures to come later this week, and an FOMC meeting next Tuesday, we expect to see good selling into either strength or weakness.
But we also expect to see Latin governments to continue to look for opportunities to manage their liabilities, primarily through Brady buybacks and/or exchange deals.
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