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Primary points to political instability in Argentina

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ARGENTINA

After winning over 48.2% of the national vote in the 2019 general elections, the FdT’s vote share dropped to only 31.8%. Recriminations are rife within the government, as well as…

Prospects for Brazil to end-2021

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PROSPECTS H2 2021

Prospects for Brazil to end-2021.

Seoul’s quest for new growth engines may prove elusive

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SOUTH KOREA

The New Growth Strategy 4.0 is the latest of several industrial strategies over the past decade and a half, as successive presidents have sought responses to gradually slowing GDP…

Jackson Hole meet risks intensifying investor concerns

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INTERNATIONAL

The dollar index has fallen by about 10% since early January, to its lowest since April 2016, under the strain of US President Donald Trump’s political woes and robust euro-area…

Russia and Iran likely to complete direct rail route

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RUSSIA/IRAN

Sanctions have constrained east-west transit through Russia and revived its interest in north-south connections to Gulf ports and India. Moscow and Tehran, each keen to circumvent…

China's Latin America funding brings calculated risk

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LATIN AMERICA/CHINA

Chinese engagement in Latin America.

Conflict looms between Congo and mining companies

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CONGO-KINSHASA

Congo's new mining code.

Overvalued tech stocks are not the largest market risk

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UNITED STATES

While markets are vulnerable to a sharper unwinding of bullish bets on the tech sector, comparisons with the 2000 dotcom bubble are misguided: Big Tech firms enjoy a stronger…

Social media will alter the retail investing landscape

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INT

His posting of images familiar as memes on social media prompted a renewed surge in the price of GameStop, the video game retailer that became the totemic meme stock during a…

China's education clampdown will spur study abroad

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CHINA

China has tightened oversight of compulsory education while imposing new regulations that have shuttered private and international schools across China. Growing disillusionment…