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 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

If the shift toward membership models and private labels proves durable, multinational staples companies could face years of incremental margin pressure in what was once their most reliable emerging market.

From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026

Sustained elevated geopolitical tensions may also be supportive for the U.S. dollar, while emerging market currencies may face pressure, they add.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

Milei’s financiers have started informally dickering with investors over pricing the next issue, which should fly around current yields in a market hungry for emerging market exposure, Grills predicts.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

The banking system, while increasing consumer lending and growing at a high rate, is still small relative to the banking sectors of Russia's emerging market peers.

From The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency