Worries Hit Overseas Debt.

The article discusses worries among investors concerning a slump in commodities that could cause defaults on emerging-market corporate bonds as of early October 2015, particularly if the U.S. central bank the Federal Reserve raises interest rates. According to the article, the benchmark indicator the J.P. Morgan Corporate Emerging Markets Bond Index declined during the latter half of 2015, and the organization the International Monetary Fund (IMF) indicated that the corporate debt of nonfinancial firms in emerging-market economies rose to $18 trillion at the end of 2014.