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Turkey may be edging towards capital controls

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TURKEY

A score below 100 indicates a pessimistic outlook -- the index has not exceeded 100 since March 2018. Increasingly frequent and heavy-handed interventions by the Turkish Central…

Attracting investment may prove difficult in Nigeria

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NIGERIA

However, these macro-level improvements belie both uneven reform implementation and the worsening economic environment faced by most Nigerians.

Hong Kong's fiscal largesse will fail to buy support

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HONG KONG

The budget aims to stimulate economic growth and help small businesses and lower-income residents by redistributing public funds amounting to 34 billion Hong Kong dollars (4.4…

Markets may misjudge risk of Greek exit from euro-area

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GREECE/EURO-AREA

While the scope for widespread contagion across Southern Europe is much more limited this time around because of the new ownership structure of Greece's public debt -- more than…

Brazil post-impeachment prospects would remain muted

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BRAZIL

The outlook for the business climate.

Algerian protests will endure beyond planned election

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ALGERIA

Meanwhile, protests that began in February opposing former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s plans to stand for a fifth term are now in their 40th week, despite his resignation in…

Syriza must wrest some new deal from Greece's lenders

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GREECE

Syriza's first days in office.

Attention will turn to policy scope to fight recession

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INTERNATIONAL

The dovish U-turns by the US Federal Reserve (Fed) and the ECB, which were withdrawing monetary stimulus as recently as end-2018, are accentuating concerns that the leading…

China's national security law extends state powers

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CHINA

The Law has received much negative publicity internationally for its broad definition of national security, which implies wide latitude for authorities at all levels to intervene…

Weaker euro-area may affect Emerging Europe

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EUROPE

The fallout in Central-eastern Europe (CEE) from Brexit.