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Continued Struggles on Old Fronts
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · Report · 07 Sep 2015

Russia’s security challenges in the North Caucasus region continue as the federal law enforcement and local elites dispute control over the situation. In some republics, the federal center has more power while in others it is forced to rely entirely on the local leadership. However, in both cases...

Christine Lagarde impressed with Ukraine’s progress.
UKRAINE · In Brief · 07 Sep 2015

On September 6 Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the IMF, visited Kyiv. During this visit she expressed her optimism about observed results. “I am extremely encouraged by the progress that has been achieved in the past few months” said Ms. Lagarde. “In a difficult environment, macroecon...

Weekly Tracker: September 6-12
TURKEY · Report · 06 Sep 2015

On the day of the publication of our monthly report last Tuesday, the police raided the headquarters of pro-Gulen KOZA-IPEK Holding on charges of money-laundering. We remain concerned that a new crackdown may be in progress, which may spill over to KOZA-IPEK’s media arm, and other dissident press...

Guatemala: President Pérez resigns
CENTRAL AMERICA · Report · 03 Sep 2015

After all doors closed, President Otto Pérez Molina today submitted his resignation to Congress.On Tuesday, September 1, Congress stripped Pérez's immunity by an almost unanimous decision (125 votes in favor), including several congressmen from his own party. On Wednesday, September 2, the Consti...

This Time, It Ain’t Just Food...
TURKEY · Report · 03 Sep 2015

Consumer prices rose by a higher than expected 0.4% in August (expectation: 0.1%), which meant an increase in the 12-month rate to 7.1% from 6.8% in July. Twelve-month producer price inflation also rose to 6.2% from 5.6% a month earlier (Table 1; Graph 1). Most noteworthy is the fairly visible ju...

Hyperinflation knocks at the door
VENEZUELA · Report · 02 Sep 2015

We forecast the NCPI September MOM inflation rate at 17.7 percent. The YOY rate rises to 243.8 percent in September from 206.0 percent in August. Our September forecast exceeds our August estimate, which we revised down to 15.8 percent (from 18.3 percent in our previous report.) Inflation is affe...

Risks Prompt Lower Growth Forecast
MEXICO · Report · 02 Sep 2015

The slowdown of crude output, and loss of momentum in the construction sector, led to weak industrial activity data for June (when it was up just 1.4% y/y), amid general financial uncertainty. Industrial results plunged in Q2, to almost half their Q1 growth rate. The peso has lost more than 25...

The Beginning of the End?
TURKEY · Report · 01 Sep 2015

With the formation of the Davutoglu “Election Government” Turkey officially set foot on the trail of reelections, which will be held on November 1st. AKP made a historic decision to declare war on ISIS, which may shorten the time to defeat this vicious virus, but the fall-out may be more bloody t...

Opposition still ahead in the polls
VENEZUELA · Report · 31 Aug 2015

Parliamentary election campaigns have begun as the economic crisis rages on. Surveys show the opposition solidly ahead among likely voters with 45 percent of the vote, versus 20 percent for the government. However, we cannot yet confidently forecast the composition of the National Assembly. Natio...

Week of August 31
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 31 Aug 2015

The government will send Congress the proposed 2016 Budget. The House may vote on the CSLL increase for banks. In the Senate, the bill on repatriation of resources held by Brazilians abroad may be voted upon. The Central Bank sets the benchmark interest rate. The MDIC releases the trade balance f...

Political Readings
ARGENTINA · Report · 31 Aug 2015

The results of last month’s Mandatory, Simultaneous and Open Primaries (PASO in Spanish) largely ratified the previous electoral polls. That is, they suggested the possible victory of the governing party, Frente para la Victoria (FpV), in October’s presidential elections, but not one strong enoug...

Reversing the Trend
INDONESIA · Report · 31 Aug 2015

Indonesian authorities have been confronted with two major challenges: the slowdown in the economy and the turmoil in the global financial markets. The turmoil in the global market has put downward pressure both on the currency exchange rate as well as the stock exchange. The slowdown of the e...

GDP in the Second Quarter: A Long and Deep Recession
BRAZIL ECONOMICS · Report · 31 Aug 2015

The GDP contraction of 1.9% in the second quarter (Graph 1) confirmed the expectation that the recession would deepen. Because of the negative carry-over to the rest of the year and all the evidence that further contraction will happen in the third quarter, GDP will likely decline by 3% in 2015 a...

Low Levels of Economic Growth Threaten Employment Creation
SOUTH AFRICA · Report · 31 Aug 2015

During his budget speech at the beginning of the year, the Minister of Finance estimated growth for 2015 at 2%. For the economy to grow at an average rate of 2% in 2015 it would have to grow at relatively high rates in the second half of the year because growth in the first half was disappointing...

Guatemala: Corruption Scandals Dampen Outlook
CENTRAL AMERICA · Report · 31 Aug 2015

Executive Summary Political developments linked to Guatemala’s corruption scandals have dampened the national economic outlook. But the turmoil has not so far damaged financial stability, which been powerfully resilient.The dollar is stable in the 7.60-7.70 quetzal range; the Bank of Guatemala’s ...

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