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IMF warns higher interest rates might trigger a new financial crisis

29th September 2015
This is one of those big picture macro news stories that is worth a read because of the assertion that a huge rise in corporate borrowing (aka debt) by businesses in emerging countries has meant that small increases in market interest rates might prompt a wave of business failures as highly-leveraged corporations struggle to meet more expensive interest repayments.
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