Sri Lanka is facing dire fuel and food shortages amid ongoing economic and political crises. In this week’s episode, the FT’s Antoni Slodkowski shares what he’s seen after a week of reporting in Sri Lanka. And then, emerging markets correspondent Jonathan Wheatley explains how the crises in Sri Lanka may impact the rest of the world.
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For further reading:
No food, no fuel and no jobs: the economic catastrophe engulfing Sri Lanka)
What Sri Lanka reveals about the risks in emerging markets)
China reckons with its first overseas debt crisis)
Debt sell-off intensifies strains for more than a dozen emerging markets)
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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com)
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