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1 – 10 of 32Faced with the diminution of foreign currency reserves, the government has taken steps to encourage exporters to repatriate the dollars they earn abroad and place them within the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286561
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The severe drought’s impact on export earnings has fuelled fears of devaluation, increasing exchange pressures and forcing the government to implement further domestic debt swaps…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278451
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The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has bought up unprecedented levels of treasury bonds but now wants to scale back its role. Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta is looking to international…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB259784
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Lower spending and a contraction in the monetary base have helped reduce the gap between the official and informal exchange rates and devaluation expectations. The government also…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB262544
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The reforms will allow the release of fresh funding for banks and a bridging loan to meet debt obligations to the IMF and ECB. A quarter of Syriza deputies rebelled, but…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB201042
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Optimism that the centrist candidate and frontrunner, Emmanuel Macron, will win the French presidential election run-off on May 7 is contributing to inflows into European stock…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB220614
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This will make for a challenging start of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi’s third term, after he is inevitably re-elected in December this year. Meanwhile, the government will also…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283487
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Parties' economic policy promises in the May 7 election.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB199281
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Lebanon also only has a caretaker government with restricted powers, at a time when the economy has contracted for four consecutive years. A staff-level IMF package worth USD3bn…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273730
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Sheinbaum looks set to continue the economic policies of departing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO). The electoral triumph has made feasible a constitutional overhaul…