Emerging markets - Decoupling unlikely in an interlinked world

Much has been written recently about a decoupling of emerging markets from the rest of the world. However, this cannot be taken for granted and in the last few months, there have been signs of a recoupling. To find out how much developing markets will decouple from the rest of the world, or whether they have decoupled already, you need to examine some absolutes. First and foremost, can the effects of globalisation really be discounted? One cannot assume that this has no impact on emerging market economies. Also, how are these economies affected by the US dollar and the US economy in gener...