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Basic Info

The Bloomberg Emerging Markets USD Aggregate Bond Index is a flagship hard currency Emerging Markets debt benchmark that includes fixed and floating-rate US dollar-denominated debt issued from sovereign, quasi-sovereign, and corporate EM issuers. Country eligibility and classification as Emerging Markets is rules-based and reviewed annually using World Bank income group and International Monetary Fund (IMF) country classifications. This index was previously called Bloomberg US EM Index, and history is available back to 1993.
Core Index Name Bloomberg EM USD Aggregate
Return Type Total Return
Currency Code USD
Category Hedge Type Not Hedged

Total Return Performance

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Name
1M
3M
6M
1Y
3Y
5Y
10Y
15Y
0.52%
1.86%
6.36%
11.08%
8.78%
1.53%
4.17%
4.49%
As of December 24, 2025. Returns for periods of 1 year and above are annualized.
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Annual Performance

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Name
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
YTD
-2.46%
13.11%
6.52%
-1.65%
-15.26%
9.09%
6.58%
11.03%
As of December 25, 2025.

Basic Info

The Bloomberg Emerging Markets USD Aggregate Bond Index is a flagship hard currency Emerging Markets debt benchmark that includes fixed and floating-rate US dollar-denominated debt issued from sovereign, quasi-sovereign, and corporate EM issuers. Country eligibility and classification as Emerging Markets is rules-based and reviewed annually using World Bank income group and International Monetary Fund (IMF) country classifications. This index was previously called Bloomberg US EM Index, and history is available back to 1993.
Core Index Name Bloomberg EM USD Aggregate
Return Type Total Return
Currency Code USD
Category Hedge Type Not Hedged