Slow growth for emerging markets

The economic slowdown in emerging markets will continue until more countries “enact structural reforms to adjust to new conditions after the boom of recent years,” Unilever CEO Paul Polman told Bloomberg. Polman added EMs are fragile, saying their lackluster growth will affect consumer sales. Read more. Also read: Go global for dividend growth Key Asian […]

December 2, 2013 | Last updated on December 2, 2013
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The economic slowdown in emerging markets will continue until more countries “enact structural reforms to adjust to new conditions after the boom of recent years,” Unilever CEO Paul Polman told Bloomberg.

Polman added EMs are fragile, saying their lackluster growth will affect consumer sales.

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