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Better-than-expected GDP growth
PHILIPPINES · In Brief · 30 Jan 2014

At 6.5%, 4Q13 GDP growth reached the top end of the government's revised forecast, confirming its assessment of Typhoon Haiyan's limited growth impact. Apart from the overall growth rate, the good news from the 4Q GDP release include stable, albeit slower, consumption growth (5.6%), double-digit ...

Robust Growth
CENTRAL AMERICA · Report · 30 Jan 2014

Executive SummaryEl Salvador and Costa Rica have crucial presidential elections this Sunday. Both races seem headed for a runoff, since none of the candidates seem poised to gather enough votes to win in the first round. In both countries, a leftist party is a major contender -- a new situation f...

Key Leadership Choices Ahead
CENTRAL AMERICA · Report · 30 Jan 2014

Executive SummaryEl Salvador and Costa Rica have crucial presidential elections this Sunday. Both races seem headed for a runoff, since none of the candidates seem poised to gather enough votes to win in the first round. In both countries, a leftist party is a major contender -- a new situation f...

The SARB Raises the Repo Rate
SOUTH AFRICA · Report · 29 Jan 2014

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) opted today to increase the benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 5.5% per year. On the face of it, it appears that, after a protracted period of inaction, the SARB preferred this time to join the monetary policy...

The SARB Raises the Repo Rate
SOUTH AFRICA · In Brief · 29 Jan 2014

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) opted today to increase the benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 5.5 per cent a year. On the face of it, it appears that, after a protracted period of inaction, the SARB preferred this time to join the monetary ...

Dominican Rep: against all odds, 2013 fiscal deficit on target
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC · In Brief · 29 Jan 2014

The Ministry of Finance just released final figures on the fiscal deficit for 2013. It set the deficit at DOP 70.0 bn, slightly below the level authorized by the 2013 Budget Law. This is equivalent to 2.77% of GDP. The target was 2.8% of GDP. Total spending reached DOP 442.2 bn and revenues total...

Financial Reform’s Scope and Limits
MEXICO · Report · 29 Jan 2014

Executive Summary Last week’s inflation report showed that consumer prices rose 0.68% during the first half of January, the sharpest increase for that two-week period in four years. That result pushed the National Consumer Price Index’s 12- month rate of inflation to 4.63%, the highest level sinc...

After-resignation review: risks of military conflict remain high
UKRAINE · In Brief · 29 Jan 2014

Resignation of prime minister and cancelled dictatorship laws allowed to breathe freely to society for a while. In fact, yesterday the country stepped back from abyss. For January 28 everyone anticipated state of emergency to be voted in which under current tension would be the official start of ...

Conundrum of Self Defense Groups
MEXICO · Report · 29 Jan 2014

Executive Summary The emergence in some states of civilian groups formed for purposes of self-defense against criminal gangs poses new challenges for the administration of President Enrique Peña Nieto and the Mexican state in general. Nowhere is that challenge more acute at this moment than in th...

Congratulations, CBT!
TURKEY · In Brief · 28 Jan 2014

Today's rate decisions are much bolder and in a more simplifying direction -- in terms of monetary policy/interest rate framework -- than we expected. The O/N lending rate is now 12%, up from 7.75%; borrowing rate is now 8% (up from 3.5%) and late O/N liquidity lending rate is now 15%, up from 10...

Capital Control Relaxation: Forced or Planned?
ARGENTINA · Report · 28 Jan 2014

At yesterday’s daily press conference, Chief of Cabinet Jorge Capitanich, chaperoned by the Head of the local Internal Revenues Service (AFIP) Ricardo Echegaray, gave some details of the new relaxations to capital controls, which were hastily brought forward last Friday after the significant slip...

The CBT moves in the right direction, uncertainties remain
TURKEY · In Brief · 28 Jan 2014

Governor Basci spoke today at the presentation of the year's first Inflation Report. As common sense dictates given the developments to date, inflation estimate for this year was revised upward to 6.6%, from 5.3% earlier. This was driven by food prices (0.3 pp), January tax adjustments (0.5 pp) a...

Dictatorship laws cancelled
UKRAINE · In Brief · 28 Jan 2014

Parliament voted in cancelation of dictatorship laws. It is too premature to talk about resolving of the political crisis but we already have two positive signals (including resignation of prime-minister) that real dialogue between contesting parties has started. Against this backdrop we anticipa...

On the Brink of Civil War
UKRAINE · Report · 28 Jan 2014

Executive Summary The situation in Ukraine is unfolding unpredictably, and fast.The dictatorial laws that the authorities “approved” – according to the government’s official version – to scare people away from protests created the radical opposite effect: Ukrainians burst into the streets, seethi...

Prime-minister resigns – a chance for peaceful way out
UKRAINE · In Brief · 28 Jan 2014

Prime-minister Mykola Azarov resigned today. It does not mean that we will see the end of protests very soon – Viktor Yanukovitch remains the main problem at the country. However, it is a strong signal that Yanukovitch is really seeking some concession. This step considerably reduces chance for f...

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