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Prospects for Russian politics to end-2019

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PROSPECTS H2 2019

Prospects for Russian politics to end-2019.

US internet funding key but revitalisation needs more

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US

The new funding reopens a debate about technology’s role in revitalising distressed manufacturing communities across the Rust Belt, formerly the US industrial heartland stretching…

Slower Polish growth may upset 2019 budget targets

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POLAND

With a two-year electoral cycle getting under way, the PiS government may be tempted to increase social spending. The stronger-than-expected economic outturn in the first half of…

Zero deficit budget will face opposition in Argentina

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ARGENTINA

The draft reaffirms the ‘zero deficit’ that remains the cornerstone of government economic policy, and a small surplus is forecast for 2025. Though some expenditure items, such as…

Fight is on to keep Romanian politicians accountable

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ROMANIA

Social Democratic Party (PSD) leader Liviu Dragnea’s response that the protests are part of an attempted coup suggests he will not compromise. Within the new ruling coalition…

Prospects for Argentina in 2016

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PROSPECTS 2016

Prospects for Argentina in 2016.

Early Argentine economic successes are unsustainable

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ARGENTINA

The government has posted the first fiscal surplus in years, inflation has declined and foreign currency reserves have risen from USD21.0bn in mid-December to USD28.5bn. However…

Slovak government is weighing up early elections

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SLOVAKIA

SaS’s departure from government could trigger early elections and bring to power a new government with a less firmly pro-Western orientation that might substantially change…

Czech anti-crisis measures will swell public debt

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CZECH REPUBLIC

Popular discontent is growing, because of rising prices, especially for energy, food and housing. Despite the government’s more transparent, pro-European and values-driven…

Sweeping Argentina reforms will risk more instability

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ARGENTINA

The move followed a sweeping decree issued on December 20 to reform or eliminate some 300 laws governing economic, labour and social issues, and which has already prompted…