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Mexico’s budgetary pressures will keep growing

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MEXICO

The budget deficit is increasing markedly and will probably top 6% of GDP in 2024 -- the highest level since the late 1980s -- while economic growth remains in the 2-3% range.

Mexico candidates’ economic plans are overly ambitious

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MEXICO

Their economic proposals are intended to impress voters but seem largely uncosted and risk generating unrealistic expectations of the winner. Polling points to a clear victory for…

Mexico budget could bolster Morena election hopes

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MEXICO

The package also contains revenue legislation and lays out key economic assumptions such as the projected oil price and growth expectations for the US economy. A new president and…

Union-government conflict in France will persist

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FRANCE

The French government is using its emergency powers to break a two-week strike at five of the country's eight refineries, which has caused fuel shortages nationwide. Union action…

Russia's budget reflects caution on future spending

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RUSSIA

A three-year budget cycle is intended to create predictability after a year in which the initial budget had to be revised as the oil price outlook grew gloomier. Spending cuts are…

Scottish government launches fresh independence push

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UNITED KINGDOM

Scottish independence drive.

Prospects for Brazil to end-2016

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PROSPECTS H2 2016

Prospects for Brazil to end-2016.

UK voters will ignore budget and elect hung parliament

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UNITED KINGDOM

The budget will prove to be all but the last political event before the final campaign and the May 7 general election. Although the detail had to be determined in cooperation with…

Canadian election could produce fragile government

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CANADA

The three main parties -- the leftist New Democratic Party (NDP), the centrist Liberals, and the right-wing Conservatives -- are nearly tied in national voter intention polls…