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Philippines jobs and wages issues could hit government

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PHILIPPINES

Economic policy challenges facing the government.

Further South African interest rate cuts are unlikely

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SOUTH AFRICA

South African inflation dynamics.

Concerns over AMLO’s plans will only grow in Mexico

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MEXICO

AMLO's progress.

COVID report renews pressures on Brazil's Bolsonaro

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BRAZIL

The CPI recommended that President Jair Bolsonaro be charged with nine crimes following an investigation of nearly six months. The report, issued by the CPI’s lead investigator…

More reforms will follow thin Uruguay referendum win

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URUGUAY

The result was narrow, allowing for different readings by the government and opposition. While the government celebrated the support for the reform package, the opposition was…

Vazquez coalition will battle austere Uruguay budget

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URUGUAY

Factional pressures within the governing coalition.

Economic success will elude Macri in Argentina

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ARGENTINA

The 2018 currency crisis left the economy in one of the deepest downturns of the last decade, repeating the cyclical pattern in place since 2011 of one year of growth followed by…

Inflation expectations matter more than unemployment

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INTERNATIONAL

The surge in inflation this year owes more to supply bottlenecks caused by the release of pent-up demand than to falling unemployment. In the decade before the pandemic, US…

Hungarian monetary policy risks disorderly forint fall

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CENTRAL EUROPE

This is despite a spike in core inflation. The three central banks of Central Europe (CE) are on a loosening cycle, responding aggressively to the COVID-19-induced collapse in…

ECB will extend QE programme on December 3

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EURO-AREA

At a press conference after the previous meeting on October 22, ECB President Mario Draghi was clear that downside risks to the inflation outlook might lead to a reassessment at…