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COUNTRY INSIGHTS
Russian bureaucrats appointed in occupied Ukraine
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 07 Jul 2022
Moscow has been putting officials in place in the regions of Ukraine that it controls. This is presumably preparatory to these areas' being integrated into Russia formally. A former Duma deputy, regional government officials and a senior FSB officer are among the appointees. It is said by officia...
Bi-Weekly Economic News Summary
KAZAKHSTAN · In Brief · 07 Jul 2022
June 28 Samruk-Kazyna: The state-owned fund plans to conduct IPO of KazMunayGas by the end of the year Ministry of Energy: Kazakhstan Nuclear Power Plants LLP and nuclear technology supplier Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) signed a memorandum of understanding in the field of nuclear energy dev...
The Special Committee of the House will vote on the PEC on Fuels, the PEC on the Nursing Salary Floor should be approved before the recess, and Paulo Guedes meets with Rosa Weber to discuss the ADI against PLP 194
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 07 Jul 2022
The trend is for the PEC on Fuels to be approved before the recess, although the vote may be delayed until next week. The opposition is trying to gain support from 103 deputies to submit a request to postpone the vote on the PEC for up to 20 days. But it is unlikely to get enough support. The PEC...
Developments in monetary policy
INDIA · Report · 07 Jul 2022
The inflation situation in India is in violation of the inflation target (which demands 4% inflation, and a band between 2 and 6 per cent), but the deviations are relatively modest when compared with those seen in DMs. The RBI is facing difficulties achieving its three objectives – exchange rate ...
Kazakhstan seeking new trade routes
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 06 Jul 2022
It is more than 30 years since Kazakh independence, and still most Kazakh oil exports go via Russia. Kazakh is able to transport some directly to China. Kazakhstan is seeking to find routes to avoid transshipping oil through Russia due to sanctions. Kazakhstan is cautious about over-reliance on R...
EURHUF at 415-417 today: the MNB will have take a much tougher approach to monetary tightening
HUNGARY · In Brief · 06 Jul 2022
Tomorrow will be the day for this week's 1W deposit tender. With a seemingly uncontrolled slide of the forint for whatever reason (there are some around indeed), the MNB will have little else to do than markedly scaling up its tightening efforts. Please, notice that the MNB has just raised its av...
The CPI on the Education Ministry will begin activity only after the presidential election, the PEC on Fuels rapporteur decided not to increase the cost of the proposal, and the latest poll shows a stable electoral scenario with Lula in the lead
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 06 Jul 2022
Senate President Rodrigo Pacheco decided in favor of installing the Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry (CPI) to investigate allegations of corruption in the Ministry of Education. However, the CPI will only begin activity after the elections. In practice, this CPI should lose political appeal aft...
Ukraine evacuating Donbas
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 06 Jul 2022
Kyiv has called for civilians to leave Sloviansk as Russian soldiers advanced on the city. It is being heavily bombarded. Russia has found a winning strategy. It selects one city and bombards it incessantly. Russia is using its multiple rocket launchers to considerable effect. Ukraine accused the...
Marcos 2.0
PHILIPPINES · Report · 05 Jul 2022
At noon on June 30, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr., took his oath of office as the 17th president of the Philippines. He is starting his six-year term at a particularly inauspicious time for the local economy. Two years of battling the Covid-19 pandemic has left the economy much weakened, with ...
Economics: June data provides another mixed portrait closely in line with that of the previous month
MEXICO · Report · 05 Jul 2022
Economic data released in June once again showed increased activity, although with markedly uneven results depending on the sector or branch in question. At the same time, public finance evolved relatively favorably in several revenue categories, and public spending remained stable and contained,...
Deputy Forte holds a press conference to discuss the PEC on Fuels, a session of Congress will analyze presidential vetoes, and Lula and Alckmin have a meeting with businessmen to discuss their economic plan
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 05 Jul 2022
Forte has defended editing the text. First, he wants to take the state of emergency out of the text. In our assessment, this change increases the legal risk of the measure. It is important to remember that the electoral law allows for increased spending in an election year in a state of emergency...
Politics: New poll shows minor shifts in voter opinions, concerns and preferences
MEXICO · Report · 05 Jul 2022
The latest GEA-ISA poll, conducted in mid-June, shows some minor shifts in voter perceptions of the state of the country, President Lopez Obrador’s approval levels, and support for the country’s different political parties and coalitions with an eye toward the 2024 presidential elections. Given w...
Lula makes progress in three key states and other weekly topics
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 05 Jul 2022
The House begins to analyze the Constitutional Amendment Proposal (PEC) that expands social benefits. A session of Congress is also planned to analyze presidential vetoes. Former President Lula and Alckmin have a meeting with businessmen at Fiesp. Three presidential polls will be published. Th...
Russian political, pandemic update: a clash of civilizations
RUSSIA ECONOMICS · Report · 05 Jul 2022
A peculiar mixture of political intolerance, stubbornness and aggressive self-confidence continues flourishing in geopolitics – at least in Russia-related matters. The fudge is an integral element of politics, and the question is whether populations are willing to tolerate this taradiddle or not....
Synthesis of the Brazilian Economy
BRAZIL ECONOMICS · Report · 05 Jul 2022
As the war caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters its fifth month, there are still no signs of a negotiated solution. Interests and relations of dependence consolidated in recent decades are feeding the conflict, provoking huge humanitarian and economic damages, besides the ever-present ri...