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Cuba will struggle to keep inflation at bay

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CUBA

So far, state-sector price controls and price caps on food and private markets have prevented runaway inflation. However, producers are withholding goods or selling on the black…

Overheating is among risks for Central-Eastern Europe

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EU

The economic outlook for the five leading CEE economies.

Brazil's foreign exchange law may have mixed effects

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BRAZIL

There are several arguments in favour of the new law, among them the simplification of foreign exchange rules and the facilitation of international transactions. However, the law…

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…

Prospects for the euro-area economy in 2016

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PROSPECTS 2016

Prospects for the euro-area economy in 2016.

Prospects for the US economy to end-2016

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PROSPECTS H2 2016

Prospects for the US economy to end-2016.

Russia and oil have mixed impact in Caucasus

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CAUCASUS

Economic turmoil in the South Caucasus.

Russian recession will weigh on Armenian economy

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ARMENIA

Multilateral financial institutions have slashed their growth forecasts for 2015, with several expecting Armenia to head into recession this year. With Armenia's main economic…

Libyan unity government should ease economic pressures

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LIBYA

The economy has faced major challenges recently: recurring disruptions to the oil and gas sector, state fragmentation and war between the government in Tripoli and the armed…

Turkey’s policy uncertainty will worry investors

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TURKEY

The limited rate hike (annual core inflation is running at 47%) has undermined foreign investors’ hopes that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s new economic team would be free to…