KUALA LUMPUR: Emerging East Asia’s local currency bond market expanded steadily in the second quarter of 2019 despite downside risks stemming from ongoing trade conflicts, a faster-than-expected economic slowdown in China and a moderating global growth.
According to Asian Development Bank (ADB), foreign holdings of local currency bonds rose in China on expectations of additional economic stimulus and on the back of a credit rating upgrade in Indonesia.
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