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Guatemala corruption probes may raise investor worry

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GUATEMALA

The impact of corruption probes on investors.

Recovery will be slow after Peru's sharp contraction

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PERU

A second wave of the pandemic is currently under way and will prolong these impacts, delaying recovery this year. The slow roll-out of available vaccines will further extend the…

Rising power prices raise risk of economic instability

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INT

Base effects, pent-up demand and restored supply were expected to deliver above-trend growth in 2022-23, erasing the impact wrought by the pandemic in 2020-21. However, surging…

Third COVID wave calls for caution from Erdogan

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TURKEY

Throughout April, new cases have exceeded 40,000 per day. The surge, which followed the easing of containment measures in March, was the third and largest spike in COVID-19 cases…

Global growth and market prospects may improve in 2016

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INTERNATIONAL

Correlation between oil prices, equity markets and global growth.

Prospects for the global economy to end-2021

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PROSPECTS H2 2021

However, supply is struggling to keep pace with demand, and dislocation effects plus shortages of some critical goods and workers are raising prices. GDP growth forecasts for 2021…

Virus second wave will derail Greek budget forecasts

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GREECE

The official baseline is for an 8.2% GDP contraction in 2020, and a 7.5% rebound in 2021. It took into account moderate restrictions on movement in winter 2020/21, but the…

Supply/demand imbalances by sector will ease unevenly

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INTERNATIONAL

The pivot from services to consumer durables strained rigid supply chains. For some sectors, Asian production and shipping constraints are easing, although there is little…

Financial stability fears rise as ‘everything’ rallies

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INTERNATIONAL

There are fears of a bubble reminiscent of the 1990s dot-com mania. The froth is most apparent in US stock markets, where retail traders are wielding increasing influence…

Poland's economic outlook will be uncertain under PiS

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POLAND

Amid an ongoing constitutional crisis, the Law and Justice (PiS) government, which was sworn into office on November 16, has been busy revising fiscal targets and agreeing draft…