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

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

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

From The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency