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Production cuts will rebalance the lithium market

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INTERNATIONAL

The two-year inventory glut was expected to clear in early 2020, but automaker shutdowns due to COVID-19 have rippled through the lithium value chain. Miners have cut production…

Price cap on gas will divide EU member states

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EU

Although member states agree in principle on the need to overhaul gas markets and strengthen resilience, the EU is divided between German- and French-led blocs on the price cap…

Syrian currency collapse will drive food shortages

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SYRIA

The Syrian pound's exchange rate fell by 40% in the first week of June before recovering slightly. After nine years of ruinous conflict, the struggling economy has been brought to…

ECB may spark rate rises in Central-Eastern Europe

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CENTRAL-EASTERN EUROPE

Inflation rates are rising sharply across Central-Eastern Europe (CEE), mainly thanks to a recovery in commodity prices. A flurry of stronger-than-expected economic data is…

Prospects for Chile in 2017

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PROSPECTS 2017

Prospects for Chile in 2017.

South Africa’s PIC faces major overhaul

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SOUTH AFRICA

The PIC oversees approximately 142 billion dollars, mostly on behalf of the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF). While the GEPF’s assets are still comfortably greater than…

Peru's growth will remain sluggish this year

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PERU

The economy is increasingly dependent on the mining sector and on mineral sales to China. The domestic economy remains hampered by depressed internal demand.

Key document reveals China's 2022 policy priorities

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CHINA

The meeting itself is mostly theatre, but the government's 'Work Report' presented there offers insight into an opaque policy system. With China largely closed to the world, this…

ASEAN leadership will stretch Laos in 2024

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LAOS

The theme it has chosen for its chairmanship is ‘enhancing connectivity and resilience’. The reference to ‘resilience’ is apt, as Laos is attempting to manage severe economic…

Argentina-IMF debt deal hangs in the balance

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ARGENTINA

Opposition leaders suspended a meeting with Economy Minister Martin Guzman, while Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero’s visit to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken elicited…