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Emerging East Asian Local Currency Bond Markets: A Regional Update

Issue: March 2021

Positive investor sentiment over the global economic recovery pushed bonds yields in emerging East Asia between 31 December and 15 February according to the latest Asia Bond Monitor. Local currency bonds outstanding rose to USD20.1 trillion at end-December 2020. The issue also includes a box comparing bond market developments in East Asia and Latin America as well as special sections on environmental, social and governance bonds in ASEAN+3, recent developments in social bonds, and the results of the AsianBondsOnline 2020 bond market liquidity survey.

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• Highlights
  
• Global and Regional Bond Market Developments
  
• Bond Market Development in the Fourth Quarter of 2020
  
• Policy and Regulatory Developments
  
• Environmental, Social, and Governance Bonds in ASEAN+3
  
• Social Bonds – Recent Developments and Trends
  
• AsianBondsOnline 2020 Bond Market Liquidity Survey
  
• Market Summaries
  
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