
Small Is Beautiful
Encouraged by government stimulus programs, banks are finding new ways to finance SMEs. Once the economy recovers, will the surge of interest recede?
Emerging Markets Future Output Index
"Expectations of ‘future output’ by EM businesses, specifically by manufacturers, improved sharply in February as a sign of strong sentiment. Our hopes are mainly pinned on China, Asia and commodity producers in the Middle East, as LatAm and CEEMEA [have] yet to show more convincing strength."
– Murat Ulgen, chief economist, Central and Eastern Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa, HSBC