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Politics will not mar Paraguay's economic outlook

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PARAGUAY

The Central Bank has revised upwards its 2017 growth forecast from 3.7% to 4.2%. Forecasts by the IMF and World Bank remain lower at around 3.3% and 3.6% respectively, based…

Puerto Rican debt restructuring will see legal hurdles

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PUERTO RICO

The same day saw the release of a report, authored by former IMF economists, outlining a programme of structural reform and sweeping debt restructuring. Puerto Rico has seen its…

Oman and Bahrain are the most vulnerable Gulf states

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BAHRAIN/OMAN

Oman and Bahrain, already struggling with rising public debt levels and high fiscal deficits, are in the most exposed medium-term position.

Argentina stabilisation plan will prove challenging

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ARGENTINA

With Milei now predicting six months of stagflation and up to two years to reduce inflation from triple digits, dollarisation appears to have been shelved. Instead, he seems…

Euro-area reforms will reinforce fiscal consolidation

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EU

The reforms would allow the ESM, which provides emergency loans to distressed member states, to offer greater assistance to banks and enhance its capacity to design and implement…

The opportunity for euro-area reform is closing

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EU

Euro-area governance.

Chile inequality debate will drive tax reform demands

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CHILE

Although both the bill’s legislative future and the amount it would raise are uncertain, it reflects ever more explicit class polarisation and anger over inequalities.

Mexico debt dynamics accelerate, but are not worrying

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MEXICO

The outlook for public debt in Mexico.

Greek crisis will test IMF governance

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INT/GREECE

However, negotiations will go ahead, notwithstanding Fund staff's recent misgivings on Greece's debt sustainability. Broader issues are whether the IMF's role as lender of last…

Beirut faces a massive challenge on aid and reform

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LEBANON

The government has drawn up a detailed document setting out the gravity of the country’s economic plight and requesting over 10 billion dollars of additional aid from the IMF and…