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European rent crisis could become a defining issue

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EUROPE

Rental rises are most acute in major cities, where institutional funds with substantial wealth have increased their weight in the rental market, making housing less affordable…

NLD will push Myanmar banking reform in 2016

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MYANMAR

Myanmar banking reform outlook.

US cities need to boost the stock of entry-level homes

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UNITED STATES

Homelessness has become a major political issue in recent years, as has related concern about a shortage of small, affordable homes. State and municipal efforts to tackle…

Housing market will be an election issue in Canada

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CANADA

A collapse in the housing market, which would hit indebted Canadians hard and contribute to a credit crunch that impacts the wider economy, remains unlikely but record house…

Turkish parties compete on spending pledges for 2023

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TURKEY

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) are both offering largesse to various social groups…

The demographics of Egyptian dissent may be shifting

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EGYPT

Although small, the disturbances are significant, occurring in a climate where public opposition often results in a lengthy prison term, or even death. The unrest was bound up…

Pension setback will worsen El Salvador fiscal woes

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EL SALVADOR

Pensions gridlock

Foreign investor interest in Mexico will endure

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MEXICO

This represents the third-highest quarterly inflow ever recorded and comes despite concerns over the nationalistic rhetoric and actions of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador…

Oromia clashes threaten Ethiopia’s stability

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ETHIOPIA

The clashes reflect simmering contestation resulting from cleavages within the Oromo political elite and public between those broadly aligned with the moderate Abiy and…

Attacks on South Africa’s constitution will increase

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SOUTH AFRICA

The constellation of political and social forces crystallised in the 1996 constitutional compromise has broken down. In part this relates to persistently high poverty, gaping…