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.

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emerging market British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

“The impact would fall disproportionately on emerging market and developing economies,” the Fund said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

"The Middle East was suddenly in exactly the right place for the emerging market, which was well east of the Atlantic," he says.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

“This scenario requires caution from emerging market economies amid heightened volatility of asset and commodities prices.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Indian stocks, still at higher multiples than emerging market peers, need to fall by 20% to tempt global investors back, Budaghyan estimates.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

Business has been paying attention to this emerging market.

From The Belgian Curtain Europe after Communism by Vaknin, Samuel