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1 – 10 of 24At the same time, private businesses have been allowed to import as never before. New privately owned shops caters to those with hard currency, but for most people the economic…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB281234
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Negative growth was seen across all major sectors, including agriculture, services and construction. On the demand side, the situation remains grim, with private investment…
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine cut the supply of major staples to the Baltic states and the Visegrad Four (V4: Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia). Local factors, such as import…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275141
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After implementing its anti-inflationary stabilisation programme in 1993, Croatia recorded stable and modest inflation rates. That changed in 2022, when inflation accelerated…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275035
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ARGENTINA: Anti-inflation moves will not ease crisis
The country’s poverty rate stood at 52.4% in 2020 according to the World Bank, a 5-percentage-point increase on the level prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The World Bank…
Exports last year reached record levels, although imports were almost as high. President Luis Arce's government has had some success in reducing the fiscal deficit, but this too…
The fire has exacerbated electricity black-outs amid widespread shortages of food and other basic items. The government response to the crisis has so far included opening up…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB272389
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Although styled as the more 'business-friendly' candidate, Macri will face numerous challenges in making rapid macroeconomic changes, despite the need to do so. Since 2003, when…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB206839
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The economic damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will be less severe than in other parts of Latin America. It is nevertheless weighing on activity, with structural weaknesses…