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Green bond issuance will gradually grow in the Gulf

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GULF STATES

Meanwhile, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a surge in green issuance from Emirati banks highlights the growth in a debt market that can help fund efforts to mitigate and adapt…

Australia's budget surplus is welcome but fleeting

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AUSTRALIA

Chalmers is already investing much of the surplus in cost-of-living relief for households struggling with high prices and rising interest rates, as well as funding for community…

Germany’s economy will struggle to grow this year

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GERMANY

GDP appears to have remained flat, quarter-on-quarter, in January-March, while there was a significant fall in industrial production in March and in investor confidence over the…

Congo-Brazzaville's economic recovery will be fragile

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CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE

The bloc aims to deny President Denis Sassou Nguesso a fifth consecutive presidential term. Sassou Nguesso meanwhile is seeking to benefit from an economic turnaround to…

Uruguay's green hydrogen projects will face opposition

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URUGUAY

The plant would be Uruguay’s largest-ever private investment, providing an estimated 3,000 jobs and producing synthetic fuels including green gasoline and green methanol, a…

Economic improvement in Chile will remain moderate

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CHILE

The figures also indicate that the imbalances created by pandemic-related injections of liquidity in 2000 and 2021 have largely been corrected.

Cleaner GDP as nations grow helps to cut CO2 emissions

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INTERNATIONAL

The energy intensity of production declines as economies become more prosperous, and since 2000 emissions from energy production have fallen. The extent to which these trends will…

Tourism to drive Belize economic growth amid slowdown

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BELIZE

Real GDP surged by 15% in 2021 and 12% in 2022, then by 4% in 2023. With inflation easing, risks of social instability have probably fallen over the past year, but growth looks…

European and US labour productivity has weak momentum

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INTERNATIONAL

Productivity gains have historically been higher in the United States than in the euro-area, but US productivity has been highly volatile since 2020. Changes in the first quarter…

South Africa logistics crisis will be tough to resolve

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SOUTH AFRICA

The deal represents a major step forward in efforts to reform the transport sector, but dysfunctional rail and port networks continue to constrain exports and economic growth.