Economics
Emerging Markets Start 2018 With Politics Center Stage
- South Korea to hold talks on U.S. trade agreement changes
- Brazil industrial production data to shed light on job losses
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Politics will take center stage in emerging markets this week as South Korean officials start trade negotiations in Washington, Peruvian lawmakers investigate their president and Hungary threatens to block European Union sanctions on Poland.
That’s not to say there won’t be plenty of economic data to chew over, too, as traders dissect inflation figures from Mexico, Colombia, South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand. In Brazil, investors will scour industrial production numbers after job losses that prompted the labor minister’s resignation.