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Australian budget curbs spending but dodges reform

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AUSTRALIA

This seventh successive monthly increase takes the RBA’s benchmark cash rate to a nine-year high. With inflation now expected to exceed even the more recent RBA forecasts, further…

Buhari offers few answers to Nigeria's economic woes

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NIGERIA

While Buhari is likely to largely follow his previous term’s economic agenda, a squeezed fiscal space, including sizable debt service payments, will test the ability of the ruling…

Trudeau begins his third term with continuity

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CANADA

The Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is beginning its third term with an emphasis on post-pandemic issues. While there was little new in the speech, which…

UK economic strategy could bring short-term results

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UNITED KINGDOM

UK economic outlook.

Liberia's Weah will struggle to stifle dissent

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LIBERIA

The president’s utterances mark a shift from his previous calls for a roundtable dialogue with opposition protest leaders, who on June 7 organised the largest mass protest since…

Somalia faces long road to economic reconstruction

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SOMALIA

Despite the government’s genuine efforts to implement policy reforms, low to non-existent institutional capacity will continue to impede the emergence of a more formalised…

South Sudan's economic recovery requires deeper reform

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SOUTH SUDAN

Management of South Sudan's economy

Dinar ban will damage EU-led Kosovo-Serbia dialogue

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KOSOVO

A Central Bank regulation reaffirming the euro as sole legal tender has alarmed Kosovo’s Serbs who see it as a direct threat to their existence and is jeopardising already complex…

Economic progress will be slow to materialise in Sudan

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SUDAN

Economic reform efforts in Sudan.

Zambia’s debt deal may face a geopolitical tug of war

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ZAMBIA

A deal under the G20 Common Framework for Debt Treatment was expected by end-2022. However, amid geopolitical tensions, China has been blamed for the delay by figures including US…