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Real GDP growth will be slower in Georgia in 2015

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GEORGIA

Worsening economic prospects in 2015.

Egypt will struggle to save its gas surplus

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EGYPT

This is increasing annually because of population growth and rising global temperatures. Exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) are on hold until autumn, and upstream production…

Ramaphosa’s union struggles could determine rebound

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SOUTH AFRICA

This followed two days after Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS), which offered an honest assessment of the steep deterioration in the…

Prospects for South Africa in 2021

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PROSPECTS 2021

Yet market sentiment remains sceptical of Pretoria’s ability to deliver on the package, implement steep and politically contentious expenditure cuts and boost growth. Meanwhile, a…

Petrobras Brazil plan opens more queries than answers

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BRAZIL

The outlook for Petrobras.

Jakarta's fuel subsidy reform to deliver mixed results

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INDONESIA

Having increased the regulated price of diesel and petrol by 30% in mid-November, President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo's government yesterday fixed the diesel subsidy at 1,000 rupiah…

Any recovery of Mexico’s Pemex will be slow

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MEXICO

According to preliminary figures, Pemex lost 333 billion pesos (17.8 billion dollars) in 2017, an increase of 74% on the 2016 shortfall. Oil production reached its planned target…

South African budget plans may prove too ambitious

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SOUTH AFRICA

However, the MTBPS relies even more heavily on getting powerful public-sector unions to agree to unprecedented wage freezes over the next three years, putting its credibility in…

Export market for US crude oil will grow

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UNITED STATES

US oil exports.

US oil output solid near-term but less so further out

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UNITED STATES

Output will expand at a steady pace while oil prices remain at profitable levels. However, US policy towards the sector has to incorporate a major contradiction: encouragement in…