EDD News and Press, Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Fund Inc. From 03/24/21

We believe the Brazilian bond market has overpriced policy tightening over the next 12 to 18 months. Real rates will likely remain quite low for some time given the protracted post-COVID recovery and available spare capacity in the economy. While Brazil is among the first major EM...

Considering the major jump in volatility at the end of February, for our latest survey we sought an updated consensus over the managers' thoughts on the speed of economic recovery. Additionally, we asked what their inflation expectations going forward are, and whether higher rates in ...

Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Fund (EDD) declares $0.095/share quarterly dividend, -9.5% decrease from prior dividend of $0.105.Forward yield 6.34%Payable April 15; for shareholders of record March 31; ex-div March 30.See EDD Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Gro...

In reaction to the COVID-19 outbreak last March, emerging markets (EMs) initially sold off more sharply than developed markets (DMs), but saw a stronger recovery owed to higher commodity prices and robust demand from China. Continued performance in EMs is likely to be driven by a weak...

Emerging markets debt could benefit in 2021 from a favorable combination of factors - such as improving global growth and ample liquidity conditions. The positive global macro backdrop should be conducive to risk-taking that encourages a rotation away from safe havens such as the U.S....

We expect the Chinese economy to experience a solid year of growth. The IMF is currently forecasting 7.9% real GDP growth in 2021 - well above trend growth. On the other hand, we continue to think that monetary policy is going to become less accommodative. On an international leve...

In the midst of the unprecedented COVID shock, many EM central banks quickly shifted to extraordinarily easy monetary policy. For speculative-grade EM sovereign bonds, the worries are more structural in nature. There are plenty of global "push" factors to encourage investors to mo...

After an extremely challenging 2020, we expect a strong global economic recovery in 2021. Historically, EM crises have been driven by unsustainable debt dynamics, currency crises, and/or financial sector disruptions. This is not the case today. Valuations in the EM hard currency s...

Climate change has made the world a riskier place. Financial risks created by climate change are felt more acutely by developing economies, especially those that are not adequately prepared. As countries seek a sustainable path of recovery from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic...

Emerging market bonds rallied spectacularly in the last two months of 2020. Despite talks of tapering, the Federal Reserve remains committed to its new policy regime shift of average inflation targeting, and liquidity remains ample. The medium-term story for India is even more imp...