Bond volumes fall again. Loan ommitments remain strong. New equity issues fall by half. Resuce packages boost multilateral lending. Stock markets tumble 20 percent.
Southeast Asian crisis reduces bond volumes. Loan volume remains strong. Stock markets fall nine percent. Foreign Direct Investment to Latin America accelerates in 1997. Multilateral commitments up slightly.
Bond issuances surge to record $35 billion Spreads narrow but maturities decline Stock markets up 5% New equity issues more than double Latin America leads in privatizations
Bond markets remain strong. Secondary market prices are higher. Loan commitments decline in first quarter. Outlook is favorable for emerging markets. New equity issues fall.
Bond volumes hit record levels. Secondary market prices prise. Syndicated loans dip well below 1995 levels. Emerging stock markets up again. New equity issues leap ahead.
Developing-country bond issues decline slightly in the third quarter. More Easter European and North African countries tap the market. Developing-country issuers continue to expand funding sources. Syndicated...
Investors favor longer maturities, fixed-rate issues in first quarter. Rise in BIS Banks' cross-border claims slows in 1995's third quarter. Borrowing for project finance plummets in first quarter of 1996...
China's equity markets take off. Borrowing in medium- and long-term debt continues upward. Bond issues retreat in the fourth quarter, but set record for the year. Smaller issues, shorter maturities, and...
Portfolio flows after Mexico : the end of innocence. Bond issues gain momentum. Bank's cross-border claims and net credit continue to expand. Bank's exposure in developing countries rises. Emerging stock...
East Asia's bond markets set to explode. Developing countries raise less in medium- and long-term debt. Bond issuers offer shorter maturities and higher spreads. Lower bond borrowing in capital markets...
Composition of capital inflows matters for sustainability. Investors seesaw on the Mexican devaluations and uncertainty about the US dollar. Issuers offer more floating-rate notes. Korean issuers in evidence...
Integration with world markets reduces volatility of emerging equity markets. Investors rethink developing-country risk on rising interest rates and the crisis in Mexico. Bond issues higher but regional...
International capital market activity slowed in the second quarter of 1993. Bond issues were well down on the record high of the first quarter. Lending revived, thanks more to special factors, than to...
Industrial countries favor developing countries as locations for foreign direct investment. Developing-country bond issues rebound in the third quarter. Smaller issues, shorter maturities, and higher spreads...
The hows, whys, and wheres of private capital inflows. In the second quarter bond issues by developing countries continue to slide. In uncertain markets, investors shift into floating-rate notes; shorter...
Legal barriers and foreign investment. Developing-country bond issues dropped sharply in the first quarter of 1994. Weak investor demand contains global issues. The structural trend toward greater portfolio...
Financing foreign direct investment. Maturities lengthen, with the first 30-year issue out of Mexico, and the first 10-year deal from Brazil. Borrowing spreads tighten on high investor demand, and NAFTA...