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Mexico’s oil hedge programme faces a tough year

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MEXICO

The hedge is the largest single trade in the crude oil market, renewed annually between the government and a selection of banks and commodity houses. If Mexico cannot keep it…

Fed balance sheet reduction should progress smoothly

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UNITED STATES

The Fed will cut the balance sheet by USD95bn per month by not reinvesting the proceeds of maturing Treasury bonds and agency-backed mortgage bonds. When the Fed reduced the…

Prospects for the global economy to end-2017

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PROSPECTS H2 2017

PROSPECTS: H2 2017: Global economy

Despite political headwinds, Qatar’s economy will grow

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QATAR

The fall, which is likely to prove temporary, broke a rising trend. Despite the freeze in relations between Doha and its neighbours, sizeable foreign assets have alleviated…

US financial flows are as important to growth as trade

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INTERNATIONAL

Exploring the US current account beyond goods trade.

Prospects for global agriculture in the third quarter

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PROSPECTS Q3 2015

Prospects for global agriculture in the third quarter.

EU immigration policy prospects dim further on crisis

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EU

EU immigration policy.

External imbalances pose a risk to global GDP

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INTERNATIONAL

Global current account imbalances.

Key Philippine economic reforms face delays

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PHILIPPINES

The Philippines' economic liberalisation.

Interest rate uncertainty keeps pressure on US bonds

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INTERNATIONAL

The Fed and ECB seem set to diverge, with the latter expected to cut rates in June. There is a rising prospect, bolstered by the resilient US labour market and Middle East…