NEW DELHI : While economic growth has solidified across Asia's emerging markets, the pace of growth will vary depending on country and sector, while the coronavirus pandemic continues to pose the biggest risk in the near term, according to Moody's Investors Service. "Global economic activity picked up in the first half of the year, but recent data tells us that demand and supply are at risk from coronavirus resurgences in many countries.
For emerging markets, lower vaccination rates mean that authorities face the difficult trade-off between reopening economies to support livelihoods and imposing virus restrictions that save lives but dampen economic activity," Atsi Sheth, a Moody's managing director said.