Explore our insights on developments shaping credit quality for debt issuers across emerging markets: US policy shifts and geopolitical realignments; increased differentiation in economic growth, financial conditions and currency volatility; domestic policies; commodity prices; debt levels, liquidity and defaults; social and environmental risks; and more. If it affects credit and emerging economies – from Asia-Pacific to Latin America to Central and Eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East – we are on it.
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Wednesday, May 13
Global Emerging Markets Live 2026
Moody’s senior analysts explain why similar global shocks are producing different credit outcomes — grounded in rating experience, proprietary data, and day to day engagement with issuers and markets.
Read our latest insights on the developments shaping credit conditions and credit quality for emerging market debt issuers across the globe.
MOODY'S RATINGS | Apr 7, 2026
Middle East conflict will test sovereigns with limited credit buffers
MOODY'S RATINGS | Mar 26, 2026
Prolonged Middle East conflict would broaden credit stress across sectors
MOODY'S RATINGS | Mar 19, 2026
Exposure, mitigants, buffers determine conflict’s credit effects on Middle East sovereigns
Credit risks are evolving in China with US tariffs, geopolitical realignments and supply-chain reconfigurations – in addition to structural economic changes and protracted adjustments in the domestic property sector. What happens in China – the world’s second-largest economy after the US and the largest emerging economy – reverberates globally.
MOODY'S RATINGS | Mar 17, 2026
China’s lower 2026 growth target leaves policy room to address challenges
MOODY'S RATINGS | Mar 26, 2026
Integration of offshore affiliates mitigates risks for China's leasing groups
MOODY'S RATINGS | Mar 16, 2026
AI adoption by Chinese companies is broadening, with uneven benefits across sectors
The region’s credit landscape is diverse and includes some of the fastest-growing emerging economies globally including India, Vietnam and the Philippines.
MOODY'S RATINGS | Apr 9, 2026
Indonesia's economic growth policies heighten credit risks at state-owned banks
MOODY'S RATINGS | Apr 2, 2026
Thailand’s energy shock deepens sovereign and sector credit strains
MOODY'S RATINGS | Mar 11, 2026
Oil-price spike will test Asia’s national oil companies with policy response key
These emerging economies vary considerably but most are grappling with still-high interest rates and inflation, limited debt-service options and environmental risks. Mexico is directly exposed to US tariffs.
MOODY'S RATINGS | Apr 8, 2026
Expanding financial services are reshaping risks for MercadoLibre and Stone
MOODY'S RATINGS | Apr 7, 2026
Latin American sovereigns increase funding options by growing local currency debt markets
MOODY'S RATINGS | Mar 16, 2026
Latin American data center rollout will need concerted financing push beyond banks
A range of factors affects the credit quality of debt issuers in these diverse emerging markets – from geopolitical tensions to environmental risks and from structural reform to economic specialization.
MOODY'S RATINGS | Mar 31, 2026
Sub-Saharan Africa Macro Monitor: Financing needs will remain broadly stable in 2026
MOODY'S RATINGS | Mar 23, 2026
Desalination disruption would heighten credit risks in Gulf countries
MOODY'S RATINGS | Jan 19, 2026
Middle East and North Africa 2026 outlook
Islamic Finance will play an increasingly significant role in global capital markets as they continue to evolve. While the growth in demand remains concentrated around emerging economies in the Middle East and Southeast Asia, momentum is also starting to build in other regions. A keystone of the modern Islamic finance industry is sukuk, which is one of many financial products designed to adhere to the ethical and moral principles of the Islamic faith, as enshrined in Shariah law.
MOODY'S RATINGS | Feb 24, 2026
Sovereign sukuk issuance will moderate in 2026 from near record highs
MOODY'S RATINGS | Feb 24, 2026
Global Islamic finance market will remain solid, following record sukuk issuance in 2025
MOODY'S RATINGS | FEB 24, 2026
Growth of Islamic banking in South and Southeast Asia has moderated and will stabilize
We rate nearly 1,500 debt issuers in more than 100 emerging markets. Most are nonfinancial companies; most are investment grade; and most are in Asia-Pacific and Latin America.
