emerging market

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noun

a market in a less developed country whose economy is just beginning to grow: emerging markets open to foreign investors.

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Words nearby emerging market

emergent, emergent evolution, emergent norm, emergicenter, emerging, emerging market, emerita, emeritus, emerize, emersed, emersion

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How to use emerging market in a sentence

International investors who pile into emerging market currencies can quickly pull back at signs of market distress.
Poorer countries copied America’s money-printing spree—and are paying the price|Roya Wolverson|February 10, 2021|Quartz
“The financing of global supply chains is expensive and inefficient, the burden of the cost is mostly borne by the suppliers and in particular by those that are SMEs in emerging markets,” explains Twinco Capital co-founder and CEO Sandra Nolasco.
Twinco Capital scores €3M for its supply chain finance solution|Steve O'Hear|February 5, 2021|TechCrunch
Libra Association, a cryptocurrency project started by Facebook that drew regulatory blowback worldwide, is hoping a new name offers a fresh chance to win over regulators and gain a foothold in the emerging market.
Facebook-backed Libra association changes its name to Diem|Verne Kopytoff|December 1, 2020|Fortune
Demand from emerging markets will keep prices from crashing outright.
Crystal Ball 2021: Predictions for the economy, politics, technology, and more|lbelanger225|December 1, 2020|Fortune

That confluence has made the greenback especially attractive as a safe haven in the turbulence caused by shocks such as Brexit, the collapse in oil prices, and turmoil in emerging markets.
The biggest economic threat facing the next administration: A weak dollar|Shawn Tully|October 11, 2020|Fortune
India was once considered the go-to spot for commercial surrogacy, but Thailand is the emerging market, so to speak.
The Wild, Wild West of Thai Surrogacy|Emily Shire|August 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Tomio Geron of Forbes has a terrific new piece about AirBnB, and its many cousins in the emerging market for peer-to-peer sharing.
How Will AirBnB Change the World?|Megan McArdle|January 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
No end to that reality is in sight, no matter how infuriating it proves to Chinese and other emerging-market policymakers.
Roubini and Bremmer on Why We're Still Doomed|Nouriel Roubini, Ian Bremmer|May 24, 2010|DAILY BEAST
U.S.-based multinationals now look to emerging market economies as engines of growth.
Sorry, We're Still Screwed|Reihan Salam|April 22, 2010|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for emerging market

emerging market

noun

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

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