Washington, D.C., June 10, 2015 - Emerging market GDP growth likely accelerated in 2015Q2 after having fallen to a six-year low in Q1 according to the latest update of the IIF's EM Coincident Indicator. The EMCI showedan increase to 2.2 percent in May, up from 1.6 percent in April.

"We've begun to see a more positive trend in emerging market growth since the steep decline observed since last autumn," said Kristina Morkunaite, lead author of the report. "This underpins hope that EM growth will pick up in Q2, having reached a six-year low in the first quarter of 2015."

The EMCI extracts a common trend out of 41 macroeconomic and financial variables to estimate emerging market GDP growth on a monthly basis. The rebound in May was driven by further improvements in financial variables, a pick-up in business sentiment and improved trade indicators. Industrial production data in aggregate ticked down further, but the overall pace of decline continued to ease.

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