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Turkey may be edging towards capital controls

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TURKEY

A score below 100 indicates a pessimistic outlook -- the index has not exceeded 100 since March 2018. Increasingly frequent and heavy-handed interventions by the Turkish Central…

Markets may misjudge risk of Greek exit from euro-area

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GREECE/EURO-AREA

While the scope for widespread contagion across Southern Europe is much more limited this time around because of the new ownership structure of Greece's public debt -- more than…

Brazil post-impeachment prospects would remain muted

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BRAZIL

The outlook for the business climate.

Syriza must wrest some new deal from Greece's lenders

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GREECE

Syriza's first days in office.

Attention will turn to policy scope to fight recession

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INTERNATIONAL

The dovish U-turns by the US Federal Reserve (Fed) and the ECB, which were withdrawing monetary stimulus as recently as end-2018, are accentuating concerns that the leading…

Port deal with China may not ease Sri Lanka’s debt

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SRI LANKA

Chinese investment in Sri Lanka's Hambantota port.

Turkish markets will suffer fallout from failed coup

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TURKEY

S&P is concerned that the political fallout from the failed July 15-16 military coup will make it more difficult for the country to meet its large external financing requirements…

Weak lira will reflect Turkish election fears

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EUROPE/TURKEY

Increased uncertainty in financial markets, following the US Federal Reserve's decision in September to delay tightening monetary policy because of concerns about China's economy…

Chinese will invest mainly in Balkan transit, energy

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BALKANS

Chinese interest in the Western Balkans.