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Egypt weathers COVID-19 blow but debt risks loom large

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EGYPT

The IMF praised Egypt’s “resilience” to the COVID-19 shock and encouraged Cairo to maintain its focus on fiscal consolidation while broadening structural reforms -- mainly to ease…

UK Solvency II reform could boost long-term investment

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UNITED KINGDOM

The pressure for change is increasing, to stimulate infrastructure investment, but the authorities need still to protect policyholders’ interests. The Bank of England -- via the…

Shifts elsewhere could build up Polish policy doubts

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POLAND

Poland's rating, therefore, remains at A2, despite persistent concerns about the policies of its one-year-old nationalist government, in particular, the threats to the…

Trade reshoring is much trickier than headlines imply

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INTERNATIONAL

Supply chain logistics.

Policy concerns will keep Turkish lira under strain

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TURKEY

Mounting concerns that a faster-than-expected global economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic will spur inflation, forcing the leading central banks to signal an…

Strong data increase pressure on ECB to wind down QE

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EURO-AREA

Outlook for euro-area uantitative easing.

Rise in volatility-linked trading raises market risks

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INTERNATIONAL

Trading of volatility assets intensified this month's market sell-off.

EMs will stay fragile despite improving sentiment

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INTERNATIONAL

The improvement in investor sentiment stems mainly from the stabilisation of oil prices and an easing of concerns about China's economy, lifting asset prices in emerging markets…

Gulf set for large-scale drawdown of foreign assets

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GULF STATES

Gulf debt and sovereign wealth funds.

Investors will step up corporate governance monitoring

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INTERNATIONAL

Corporate governance.