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T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond Fund
T. ROWE PRICE INTERNATIONAL FUNDS, INC.
Expense ratio1
0.92%
Net assets2
$421.88M
Holdings2
163
Category
Taxable Bond
2025 return3
19.32%

Investment objective & strategy

As of Feb. 25, 2026 · prospectus

Objective. The fund seeks to provide high income and capital appreciation.

Strategy. Under normal conditions, at least 80% of the funds net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) are invested in bonds that are denominated in emerging markets currencies, and in derivative instruments that provide investment exposure to such securities. Emerging market bonds include fixed rate and floating rate bonds that are issued by governments, government agencies, and supranational organizations of, and corporate issuers located in or conducting the predominant part of their business activities in, the emerging market countries of Latin America, Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. The fund considers frontier markets to be a subset of emerging markets and any investments in frontier markets are counted toward the funds 80% investment policy. For purposes of the funds … Under normal conditions, at least 80% of the funds net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) are invested in bonds that are denominated in emerging markets currencies, and in derivative instruments that provide investment exposure to such securities. Emerging market bonds include fixed rate and floating rate bonds that are issued by governments, government agencies, and supranational organizations of, and corporate issuers located in or conducting the predominant part of their business activities in, the emerging market countries of Latin America, Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. The fund considers frontier markets to be a subset of emerging markets and any investments in frontier markets are counted toward the funds 80% investment policy. For purposes of the funds 80% investment policy, the fund relies on a classification by either JPMorgan or the International Monetary Fund to determine which countries are considered emerging markets, and the fund relies on Bloomberg or another unaffiliated data provider to determine the country assigned to a security. Any derivatives that provide exposure to the investment focus suggested by the funds name, or to one or more market risk factors associated with the investment focus suggested by the funds name, are counted (as applicable) toward compliance with the funds 80% investment policy. Investment decisions are based on fundamental research as well as market factors, such as yield and credit quality differences among bonds as well as supply and demand trends and currency values. The fund generally invests in securities where the combination of fixed-income returns and currency exchange rates appears attractive or, if the currency trend is unfavorable, where the adviser believes the currency risk can be minimized through hedging. The fund may purchase bonds of any credit quality and there are no overall limits on the funds investments in bonds that are unrated or rated below investment-grade (also known as junk bonds). The fund may at times have significant investments in Asian countries. The fund may use a variety of derivatives, such as futures, forwards, options, and swaps for a number of purposes, such as for hedging risk or managing certain exposure. Specifically, the fund uses forward currency exchange contracts, currency options, interest rate swaps, interest rate futures, credit default swaps, credit default swap indexes (CDX), and inflation swaps. Through the use of currency derivative instruments such as forward currency exchange contracts, currency swaps, foreign currency options, and currency futures, the fund has wide flexibility to purchase and sell currencies independently of whether the fund owns bonds in those currencies and to engage in currency hedging transactions. The funds currency positions will vary with its outlook on the strength or weakness of one foreign currency compared to another foreign currency and the relative value of various foreign currencies to one another. Currency hedging is permitted, but not required, and the fund will normally be heavily exposed to foreign currencies. The fund may take a short position in a currency, which allows the fund to sell a currency in excess of the value of its holdings denominated in that currency or sell a currency even if it does not hold any assets denominated in the currency. In addition, the fund may use interest rate swaps and futures in order to take long or short positions with respect to its exposure to a particular country or bond market, subject to the investment restrictions applicable to futures and swaps. The fund may use credit default swaps to buy or sell credit protection on individual bond issuers or sectors of the bond markets. Credit default swaps may be used to replicate the exposure of a bond or portfolio of bonds and as a hedge against a default or other credit event involving one of the funds holdings. A CDX is a swap on an index of credit default swaps. CDXs allow the fund to manage credit risk or take a position on a basket of credit entities (such as credit default swaps or a reference index) rather than transacting in a single-name credit default swap. Inflation swaps, which are tied to a designated inflation index such as the Consumer Price Index (CPI), would typically be used to manage the funds inflation risk. The fund is nondiversified, which means it may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer than is permissible for a diversified fund.

Allocation by sector

As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT
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Portfolio moves

Dec 31, 2025 → Mar 31, 2026
Opened
23
Exited
23
Increased
56
Decreased
20
Unchanged
67

How many positions this fund opened, exited, grew, trimmed, or left unchanged between its two most recent N-PORT snapshots — net changes between point-in-time reports, not a trade log.

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Advisers

As of December 31, 2025 · N-CEN
FirmRole
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. Adviser
T. Rowe Price International Ltd Sub-adviser

Footnotes

  1. Expense ratio as of February 25, 2026, from the fund's prospectus.
  2. Net assets and holdings count as of March 31, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
  3. Total return for calendar year 2025, before tax and after fund expenses. As reported in the fund's prospectus performance bar chart.

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