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emerging market

American  

noun

  1. a market in a less developed country whose economy is just beginning to grow.

    emerging markets open to foreign investors.


emerging market British  

noun

  1. a financial or consumer market in a newly developing country or former communist country

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The market correction over the last two years has reduced the premium that Indian stocks held over their emerging market competitors.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

As a result, foreign money tends to leave riskier emerging market assets such as Indian equities and chase safer investments like US bonds when interest rates rise.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Global equities are only around 1% off their recent all-time highs in early June, while European high-yield spreads are tighter and emerging market and dollar high-yield spreads are broadly the same, according to HSBC.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

Micron isn’t based in an emerging market, but fellow chip makers Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

Business has been paying attention to this emerging market.

From The Belgian Curtain Europe after Communism by Samuel Vaknin

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