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Central-East European banks will weather COVID-19 hit

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EUROPE

Lockdowns to contain the spread of COVID-19 have slowed economic activity. Throughout Central, Eastern and South-eastern Europe (CESEE), there were major portfolio outflows in…

Social credit will affect foreign firms in China

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CHINA

China's corporate social credit system.

Low rates facilitate private equity's global spread

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INTERNATIONAL

Private equity trends.

China's data trading market will grow

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CHINA

The government has even designated data as a separate 'factor of production' in economic terms, as integral to economic development as land, labour and capital.

Orlen super-group will adhere to Poland’s ruling party

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POLAND

The European Commission accepted in June that anti-trust conditions had been met, allowing a company loyal to the current ruling party to proceed with consolidating Poland’s…

Warsaw's ambitious growth plan's funding is weak link

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POLAND

The government's plan for infrastructure-led growth.

Risk of full-blown Turkish currency crisis is rising

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TURKEY

Despite dramatic depreciation of the lira since early March, the TCMB is likely to continue cutting its benchmark one-week repo rate, now at 8.75%, as it tries to mitigate the…

Brazil elections cast doubt on Correios privatisation

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BRAZIL

Since taking office, President Jair Bolsonaro has pledged a series of privatisations but with few advances to date. Finance Minister Paulo Guedes has recently stressed that the…

Italy's Renzi will face critical tests before year-end

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ITALY

This is a crucial step for the government before year-end, together with long-term banking issues and slowing economic recovery. The European Commission has allowed Italy…

Romania hopes to surmount virus’s expected second wave

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ROMANIA

Government measures to support workers and companies seem to have worked. With closer state-corporate dialogue established, surveys and some data give grounds for measured…