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More developing countries will face debt distress

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INTERNATIONAL

EMDC debt distress.

Recovery will depend on Greek cooperation with lenders

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GREECE

Greece’s relationship with its creditors.

Greek coalition will play politics at debt talks

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GREECE

The government, with half an eye on a snap election, is determined not to accede to prolonged austerity without the trade-off of significant debt relief. Timing is all. The…

Hurricane damage will accelerate Puerto Rico’s slide

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PUERTO RICO

Hurricane Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico as a Category Four hurricane, two weeks after Category Five Hurricane Irma wrought severe wind and flood damage to much of the…

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…

Five-party Czech government must compromise on policy

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CZECH REPUBLIC

The five-party coalition enters office at a time of intense economic and social uncertainty resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, rising debt and soaring energy prices. Prime…

Venezuela health crisis increases pressure on Maduro

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VENEZUELA

The dismissal of Caporale, a gynaecologist by profession, followed a damning report on the scale of the health crisis in Venezuela, which was released on May 9 and provides data…

Plans for Mexico’s Pemex look increasingly unrealistic

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MEXICO

Pemex problems.

El Salvador GDP growth to moderate this year

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EL SALVADOR

That growth, having followed a major pandemic-induced contraction in 2020, looks set to slow in 2022, with the IMF and ECLAC currently estimating figures of 3.2% and 3.8…