Behind the Money

Is Sri Lanka’s economic crisis a canary in the coal mine?

Jul 27, 2022

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Is the Dollar Strengthening Against Your Currency?

02:07

What Is China's Role in the Debt Workouts?

01:55

What Is a Debt Deficit in Sri Lanka?

02:17

Introduction

3min

The Economic Crisis in Trilanka

3min

What Is a Debt Deficit in Sri Lanka?

2min

What Is China's Role in the Debt Workouts?

2min

Emerging Market Bond Yields Have Blown Up

2min

Emerging Markets - Is There a Common Denominator?

2min

Is the Dollar Strengthening Against Your Currency?

2min

Why Should They Care About This?

3min

Sri Lanka is facing dire fuel and food shortages amid ongoing economic and political crises. In this week’s episode, the FT’s Antoni Slodkowski shares what he’s seen after a week of reporting in Sri Lanka. And then, emerging markets correspondent Jonathan Wheatley explains how the crises in Sri Lanka may impact the rest of the world.

Clips courtesy of Voice of America

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For further reading:

No food, no fuel and no jobs: the economic catastrophe engulfing Sri Lanka

What Sri Lanka reveals about the risks in emerging markets

China reckons with its first overseas debt crisis

Debt sell-off intensifies strains for more than a dozen emerging markets

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On Twitter, follow Jonathan Wheatley (@Jonthn_Wheatley), Antoni Slodkowski (@slodek) and Michela Tindera (@mtindera07)

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

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