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Kuwait faces a deferred liquidity crunch

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KUWAIT

The impact of the pandemic and especially lower oil prices hit the government budget hard, since more than nine-tenths of revenue comes from oil sales. However, the country also…

Kuwait’s government may seek to centralise power

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KUWAIT

The government is also curtailing legislators’ right to cross-question ministers, especially the prime minister -- a distinctive feature of the Kuwaiti system that has long given…

Prospects for Turkey to end-2017

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PROSPECTS H2 2017

Prospects for Turkey to end-2017.

Kenya finance bill reflects fiscal consolidation drive

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KENYA

President William Ruto wants to use this bill to increase government revenue to help manage the difficult fiscal situation. However, the bill’s critics warn it may aggravate an…

Political strife in Bosnia may dry up foreign funding

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BOSNIA

The consequences of Bosnia’s political infighting.

Congo's economy affords limited political opening

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DRC

Underneath Congo’s deepening political crisis there also lies an acute balance-of-payments crisis. Despite relative improvements in the price of key exports, currency depreciation…

Brexit vote will keep global markets volatile

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INTERNATIONAL

The UK vote on June 23 to leave the EU ('Brexit') startled global financial players, putting pressure on leading central banks to stabilise markets and keep bank funding flowing…

New Chile lockdown will add to wider uncertainties

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CHILE

At the same time, a new Central Bank report suggests that, despite a sharp liquidity-driven economic rebound this year, the country faces a lean medium-term outlook.

US Congress will roll back post-2008 bank regulation

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UNITED STATES

The Senate’s bill would dilute the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, which tightened US financial and banking regulations in response to the 2007-08 financial crisis and subsequent recession.

South Africa's Eskom faces formidable reform tests

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SOUTH AFRICA

The appointment follows Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan's reconstitution of the Eskom board in January, aimed at restoring credible governance to the utility, which…