| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Emerging markets | The term emerging markets is commonly used to describe business and market activity in industrializing or emerging regions of the world. It is sometimes loosely used as a replacement for emerging economies, but really signifies a business phenomenon that is not fully described by or constrained to geography or economic strength. Examples of emerging markets include China, India, South Korea, Brazil, Malaysia, countries in Eastern Europe, and parts of Africa. (references) | ||
| Emerging Markets Group | Emerging Markets Group (EMG) was founded in 1991 by Gregory Fossedal. (references) | ||
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| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Emerging markets | Finance | The financial markets of developing economies. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Emerging Markets Program | Agriculture | A program originally authorized by the FACT Act of 1990, and titled the Emerging Democracies Program. The program was authorized to promote U. S.agricultural exports by providing technical assistance and credits or credit guarantees to emerging democracies annually for fiscal years 1991-95. Funds could be used to establish or provide facilities, services, or U. S.products to improve handling, marketing, storage, or distribution of imported agricultural products. The program initially focused on central and eastern Europe and the form Soviet Union. The FAIR Act of 1996 reauthorized the program through 2002 and renamed it the Emerging Markets Program. The program is retargeted to emerging markets (defined as countries that USDA determines have the potential to provide viable and significant markets for U. S.agricultural products). The law authorizes $10 million per year and the Commodity Credit Corporation must make available not less than $1 billion of direct credit or credit guarantees to emerging markets for fiscal years 1996-2002, in addition to the amounts authorized for GSM-102/103. (references) | |
| Emerging markets strategy | Finance | Strategy that employs a "growth" or "value" approach to investing in equities with no shorting or hedging to minimize inherent market risk; these funds mainly invest in the emerging markets where there may be restrictions on short sales. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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