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Guatemala: Showdown
CENTRAL AMERICA · Report · 26 Aug 2016

The next 18 months will be crucial for Guatemala. The country has exited from major crisis mode, but still has not embarked upon an optimistic path. H1 had a “business as usual” feel. The economy grew just above 3.1% y/y in H1, with inflation within the Central Bank’s 3%-5% target range. The f...

Astonishing GDP, employment and CAD figures for H1
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC · In Brief · 25 Aug 2016

On Wednesday, the Central Bank reported GDP preliminary figures for H1 2016. Results are, once again, surprising: a 7.4% growth compared to H1 2015. This remarkable expansion of economic activity was mainly driven by an extraordinary expansion of production in Q2, when GDP registered an 8.7% grow...

Why the IMF Raised its Growth Outlook
CHINA · Report · 25 Aug 2016

The IMF in June raised its 2016 growth outlook for China to 6.6%, a 0.1 pp uptick from its April projection, even though Brexit prompted the Fund to slice its global growth forecast for 2016 by 0.1 pp, to 3.1%. The growth upgrade for China shows that the IMF is optimistic about the major refo...

Economics: Public Finance Looking Vulnerable
MEXICO · Report · 25 Aug 2016

Over the course of 2016 the Ministry of Finance has exerted effective controls over public finance. As we analyzed in the June 27 issue of Weekly Trends: Mexico Economy, the government decided to lower spending for 2016 by 132.4 billion pesos, with austerity measures including the elimination of ...

Politics: New TRIFE Key to Electoral Legitimacy
MEXICO · Report · 24 Aug 2016

Although Mexico has made great strides in building a democratic electoral system over the past 40 years, problems remain – for example, extensive use of illegal campaign funding, ineffective regulations on media access, widespread vote buying – that undercut the legitimacy of the elections and pr...

The MNB is urging the government to loosen fiscal policy further
HUNGARY · In Brief · 24 Aug 2016

1. Yesterday, the Monetary Council left the base rate and the Bank's O/N rates unchanged at its regular monthly rate-setting meeting, just as expected. This left the forint roughly unchanged around EURHUF 310, or more accurately, the forint even appreciated a little bit.2. In its communiqué, the ...

SA Minister of Finance Under Political Pressure Again
SOUTH AFRICA · In Brief · 24 Aug 2016 · 1 response

Yesterday afternoon, the SA organised crime fighting unit, The Hawks, revived their public pressure on Mr Paravin Gordhan, the SA Minister of Finance. Whatever the legal merit or otherwise of the Hawk's case against Minister Gordhan, the real reason for piling political pressures on him has serio...

“Our boys” are in Syria
TURKEY · In Brief · 24 Aug 2016

According to official Turkish sources, a Turkish Joint Expeditionary Task Force and Coalition air craft has initiated the liberation of ISIS-held Syrian town of Jarablus at 04:00 am Wednesday morning. The objective of the mission is to prevent new flows of migration, deliver aid to civilians, cle...

Increase in TES issuance for 2016
COLOMBIA · In Brief · 23 Aug 2016 · 1 response

A decree was published last Friday, authorizing the Ministry of Finance to increase its TES issuance by COP 8 trillion. The decree mentions that these additional resources are meant to finance outlays for 2016. However this is not the case, as it would imply an increase in the deficit for 2016, w...

MPC: Easing Continues, As Expected
TURKEY · Report · 23 Aug 2016

​The Monetary Policy Committee cut the O/N lending rate by another 25 bps today to 8.5%, from 8.75% earlier, while the O/N borrowing and weekly-repo rates were kept unchanged, at 7.25% and 7.5%, respectively. The width of the corridor dropped further to 125 bps (its lowest level ever), while the ...

South African Local Government Elections 2016: The ANC Loses Control of Major Metropolitan Centers
SOUTH AFRICA · In Brief · 22 Aug 2016

At last much of the post-election tension, deal-making, and coalition speculation is over. Today, the opposition parties, made primarily of Democratic Alliance (DA) and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), took control of South Africa's economic and financial capital- the Johannesburg Metropolitan. T...

Week of August 22
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 22 Aug 2016

The final phase of the impeachment of removed President Dilma Rousseff will begin on Thursday, August 25, and end next week. Before this, the Senate is expected to vote on the first round of the DRU. Congressman will try to conclude the vote on state debt. As part of his positive agenda, interim ...

The Labor Market in the Country’s Regions
BRAZIL ECONOMICS · Report · 22 Aug 2016

The unemployment rate in Brazil reached 11.1% in the second quarter, with the South remaining with the lowest rate in the county, around 8%, while the Northeast standing with the highest rate, nearly 13% (Graph 1). The rise in unemployment is similar in all five regions of the country – about 4 p...

Urjit Patel appointed RBI Governor
INDIA · In Brief · 20 Aug 2016

Deputy Governor Urjit Patel has been appointed the new Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. He was among the front-runners for the post. He is a macroeconomist by training, has worked in India for many years, has been RBI Deputy Governor Monetary Policy, and was part of the team that worked on ...

Recent data points to a more robust Israel economy
ISRAEL · In Brief · 20 Aug 2016

Economic data released last week suggest fairly strong growth in 1H16 GDP growth reached 2.9% in 1H16 following 2.0% in 2H15. Q216 growth reached 3.7% SAAR and 2.9% y-o-y. Private consumption accelerated to 9.5% SAAR in Q216 on strong durable demand. Industrial exports are up 8.8% in Q2, and inve...

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