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Recent Data Indicate the Recession is Getting Worse
BRAZIL ECONOMICS · Report · 05 Oct 2015

The latest data confirm what was until recently only a suspicion – that GDP in the third quarter contracted by around 1%, or an annualized figure of 4%. The most recent numbers also undermine the hope that GDP might stabilize in the fourth quarter. Both the tightening of financial conditions and ...

Has investment revived?
INDIA · Report · 05 Oct 2015

Micro data about investment is reliable and is released immediately after the end of a quarter. Hence, on October 5 we are able to observe the Jul-Sep 2015 quarter. This is the first macro data release for the Jul-Sep 2015 quarter. The attempts by the government at solving the institutional bo...

Dilma Rousseff Government
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 05 Oct 2015

The Ministerial reform will only be determined a success if it passes its first pivotal test: the vote on Dilma´s vetoes. These vetoes will be a determining factor in the success of the fiscal adjustment. This voting session is scheduled for next Tuesday.

Lira Pass-Through Drives Inflation
TURKEY · Report · 05 Oct 2015

Consumer prices rose by a higher than expected 0.9% in September (expectation: 0.7%), which meant an increase in the 12-month rate to just under 8% (7.95%, to be precise) from 7.1% in August. Food prices explain about 0.2 percentage point of the increase in the 12-month rate with the rest attribu...

A Pre-Election FAQ Sheet
TURKEY · Report · 04 Oct 2015

The big “Syria story”, i.e. the one concerning Russian involvement in the Syrian war has only marginal relevance for Turkey. But the capture of a Turkish soldier by ISIS may lead to renewed cooperation between the terror organization and certain elements within the Turkish state. New attacks on I...

Looking beyond December
VENEZUELA · Report · 02 Oct 2015

With the support of over 50 percent of likely voters, the opposition is on its way to winning a National Assembly majority on December 6. Some even think that the opposition could win a two-thirds majority. We’re more cautious. The heavily tilted playing field will play a larger role as elections...

Dilma Rousseff Government
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 02 Oct 2015

President cuts eight ministries and reduces ministers’ salaries by 10% Today, October 2, President Dilma Rousseff divulged her administrative and ministerial reforms, with the objective of reconstructing her governing base in the National Congress. The number of ministries fell from 39 to 31.

A Mild Slowdown, the 2016 Budget and the Political Headlines
PANAMA · Report · 01 Oct 2015

As we expected, real GDP growth for the second quarter of 2015 was 5.8% and 6.0% in the first semester. In H1 2015, the dynamic sectors of the economy included electricity, gas and water; social and private health services; and financial intermediation. Commerce, Transportation, and Construction ...

Should the Central Bank Exchange its Currency Swaps for Reserves?
BRAZIL ECONOMICS · Report · 01 Oct 2015

Interventions in the foreign exchange market are a controversial subject. While small interventions trying to dampen excessive volatility are one thing, heavy interventions to change the level of the exchange rate, when the economy is suffering from extreme macroeconomic imbalances, is quite anot...

Economy Stabilizes, But Recovery is Far Away
UKRAINE · Forecast · 01 Oct 2015

We continue to observe positive developments in the economy. GDP shrinkage slowed down from -17.2% y/y in Q1 to -14.6% y/y in Q2.Industrial output’s ongoing decline shrank “just” -5.8% y/y in August, from -20.5% y/y in H1. As the hryvnia strengthened, disinflation was also noticeable. The risks t...

A Sobering Forecast
MEXICO · Report · 01 Oct 2015

The economy continues to show signs of weakness. The leading economic indicator slipped 0.09 points from June to July, to 99.6 points (below the threshold of its long-term trend). With this in mind, we believe GDP growth will be 1.8% in Q3, and 2.0% in Q4. Consumer inflation has remained stubb...

Once more on Volkswagen's impact on growth
HUNGARY · In Brief · 01 Oct 2015

A few days ago, we said that based on then available information, the running Volkswagen case was likely to cut Hungary's real GDP growth by up to 0.5% points over the next 12 months. Then a day later economy minister Varga said it was 0.3-0.6%, although he did not clarify if he meant an annual o...

Macro figures of the 2016 budget bill: a carbon copy of 2015; deficit of NFPS set at 2.3% of GDP
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC · In Brief · 30 Sep 2015

Yesterday, the government submitted to Congress the budget bill for 2016. The bill set total expenditures and financial applications at DOP 663.6 bn, equivalent to 20.1% of GDP. Primary expenditure is estimated at 17.1% of GDP, 0.4% less than the level set in the 2015 budget Authorities forecast ...

Dilma Rousseff Government
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 30 Sep 2015

he CNI/Ibope poll released today, September 30, showed a stable evaluation of Dilma Rousseff’s government. The positive percentage ("excellent/good"), regular, and negative ("bad/terrible") fluctuated within the margin of error, which is two percentage points

South Africa’s Economic Freedom: Government Consumption and Inflation
SOUTH AFRICA · Report · 30 Sep 2015

In mid-September 2015 the Fraser Institute released its annual report on the Economic Freedom of the World (EFW) for the year 2013, and South Africa’s global ranking had slipped from 93 in 2012 to 96 in 2013. To construct the EFW index, forty-two data points are utilized in measuring the degree o...

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