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Justice Barroso announced his retirement from the Court, Lula said he will meet with leaders next week to discuss alternatives to MP 1,303, and Congress will review Lula’s vetoes of the Environmental Licensing Law
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 10 Oct 2025

Supreme Federal Court Justice Luís Roberto Barroso announced on Thursday, October 9, that he will step down from the Court. Currently, five main contenders are being considered to replace him. In an interview, President Lula said he will meet next week with ministers and congressional leaders to ...

GULF WEEKLY: OPEC+ hikes by less than expected, US approves AI chips exports, Trump’s Gaza ceasefire begins
GULF COUNTRIES · Report · 10 Oct 2025 · 1 response

A skimmable summary overlaid with our analysis and links. Headlines: * OPEC+ hiked production for November by 137k b/d, less than had been expected by the market. * There was a record $80bn in sukuk issuance in Q3, much of it from the GCC. * Saudi Arabia’s PMI rebounded in September, and its...

Eskom turns profitable for the first time in eight years as operations improve
SOUTH AFRICA · Report · 10 Oct 2025

Eskom reported its financial results for the year ending March 31, 2025, at the end of September 2025. The results indicate that the entity had returned to profitability for the first time in eight years, posting a profit before tax of R23.9 billion in FY2025, compared with a loss of R25.5 billio...

TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Kyrgyzstan’s early polls: Should investors flinch—or lean in?
CAUCASUS / CENTRAL ASIA · Report · 10 Oct 2025

One would be forgiven for fretting about the snap parliamentary vote in Kyrgyzstan on Nov 30th. In all of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan has had the largest share of early votes (parliamentary and presidential), and those have often been associated with political crises and mass protests. In turn, my a...

Peru’s Congress to impeach Boluarte
PERU · In Brief · 09 Oct 2025 · 1 response

Tonight the majority of Congress’ members have decided to support a motion to impeach president Boluarte. Our estimate is that there are more than 100 votes supporting the bill, well in excess the 98 needed assuming that all 130 congress members attend the plenary. This may take place tomorrow. A...

Russia: a brief market watch
RUSSIA ECONOMICS · In Brief · 09 Oct 2025

The Russian market has been under strain due to rumors about the supply of long-range missiles to Ukraine. Earlier hopes for resolving the military conflict and expectations of a rapid key rate reduction were significant drivers in recent months. However, both now seem unfounded, leaving the mark...

A day of hope for Israelis and Palestinians, as Trump announces Gaza ceasefire: Analysis and implications
ISRAEL · In Brief · 09 Oct 2025

Overnight, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas have signed the first phase of his Gaza peace plan, including an agreement for a ceasefire, the release of all hostages, a large-scale release of Palestinian prisoners, and the withdrawal of Israeli forces to an agreed line. A...

The House rejected the measure that taxes betting companies, the STF will analyze the case against the payroll tax relief for 17 economic sectors, and the case regarding the Ferrogrão railway project has been suspended
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 09 Oct 2025

The government suffered a major defeat in Congress as the Lower House rejected Provisional Measure (MP) 1303, which dealt with the taxation of betting companies (“bets”) and tax-exempt bonds. Separately, Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Cristiano Zanin authorized the merits trial of the case c...

Almost like business as usual
INDONESIA · Report · 08 Oct 2025

In writing this report, it was interesting to note that the data presented, the trade balance as well as the inflation figures, did not show anything unusual. Exports registered another increase in August 2025, while the trade balance reported a larger surplus than the previous month. At the same...

September CPI-inflation marginally better than expected
HUNGARY · In Brief · 08 Oct 2025

The headline rate remained unchanged at 4.3% yoy for the third consecutive month in September, on zero inflation in this single month, just as it happened in August. Core inflation was unchanged as well, at 3.9% yoy, also on unchanged prices on average in September alone. The media appears to be ...

Lula and Trump held a meeting yesterday, the Committee on MP 1,303 may vote on the rapporteur’s report, and Haddad confirmed that Lula will sign into law the income tax exemption bill as soon as this month
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 07 Oct 2025

Yesterday, President Lula held a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. An in-person meeting between the two may take place soon. This morning, the Joint Committee discussing Provisional Measure No. 1,303/25—which addresses the taxation of betting platforms and tax-exempt bonds—will attempt to...

Mr. Nagy speaks as well: the policy story continues
HUNGARY · In Brief · 07 Oct 2025

We apologise for coming back the second time within a single day. But as it happens, Mr. Nagy, the economy minister, appearing at the Budapest Economic Forum this morning, picked up the policy topic already touched upon by PM Orbán yesterday, and it seems that the two sets of comments need to be ...

August retail and industry figures: one mediocre, one miserable, plus an interesting comment from PM Orbán on central bank policy
HUNGARY · In Brief · 07 Oct 2025

Retail sales (volumes, seasonally and day-adjusted) grew 0.8% mom, 2.3% yoy, the latter following +2% yoy in July and +3.1% yoy in Q2. The fix-based KSH chart (Dec 2010=100) looks as follows: As it is optically observable as well, retail sales remain on a generally ascending trend, but the pace o...

The succession race one year out and other weekly topics
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 06 Oct 2025

Congress is racing to conclude the vote on Provisional Measure No. 1,303/25, which increases taxation on betting platforms and previously tax-exempt securities. The Income Tax bill is expected to reach the Senate, while the Lower House will receive the bill establishing the Managing Committee for...

Macroeconomic and geopolitical developments – Weekly report, October 6, 2025
ISRAEL · Report · 06 Oct 2025

This week, Israel returned from an extended Yom Kippur weekend to a single trading day (Sunday) before entering another holiday break for Sukkot. During the intermediate days of the holiday (Chol HaMoed, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday), business and financial activity will take place on a limite...

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