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The dollar's grind higher lifts local-currency costs for EM corporate borrowers

The greenback does not need a crisis to cause one elsewhere. A slow rally is enough.

Elena VasquezSenior Markets Correspondent
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NEW YORK — The greenback does not need a crisis to cause one elsewhere. A slow rally is enough.

Issuers in Mexico, Brazil, and Indonesia have been paying up to keep dollar liabilities from marking against weaker local cash flows, according to two ECM/DCM bankers.

Elena Vasquez

Senior Markets Correspondent

Covers Treasuries, the dollar, and the policy signals that reprice risk assets.