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1 – 10 of 24The IMF recently recommended structural reforms to bolster the economy, which has struggled to recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Brunei has long been reliant on…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284691
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Hungary’s financial and economic woes are deepening amid a second wave of COVID-19 infections, which is undermining business and consumer confidence, and threatening to derail the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB257096
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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…
Mining and quarrying activities (728%), construction (489%), hotels and restaurants (92%), transport and communications (29.8%) and trade (23.9%) were the main drivers of growth…
This is the second devaluation of the naira in less than six months on the official foreign exchange (forex) market. The CBN has previously staved off a devaluation despite the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB255029
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SOUTH AFRICA: Fiscal challenges are mounting
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES251949
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MEXICO: Health crisis threatens widespread hardship
This less-pronounced drop can be explained by a minor uptick in tourism, thanks to border reopening in July, and increased remittances. Improvement is expected to continue as the…
Indicators bottomed out after April. Most economists now expect GDP to contract by 5.5-6.0% this year, a severe blow to an economy that had yet fully to recover the ground lost in…
Public finances have not so far deteriorated as dramatically as they might have done, considering the economic contraction caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This is explained…