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Stop signs

Which emerging markets are most vulnerable to a freeze in capital inflows?

REPLACEMENT: Some errors were identified in a previously published version of this index. We have revised our calculations and this page now displays the corrected figures and analysis. This was amended on September 19th 2013.

This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline “Stop signs”

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