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Higher Chile growth faces domestic and external risks

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CHILE

After four sluggish years, economic growth has been picking up steadily since mid-2017. However, as noted by Moody’s, medium-term prospects remain hampered by reliance on copper…

Prospects for Chile in 2016

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PROSPECTS 2016

Prospects for Chile in 2016.

Indonesian economy should perform solidly this year

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INDONESIA

Only India and China have higher projections. Indonesia recorded GDP growth of just over 5% year-on-year in January-March, with robust consumer and government spending helping to…

Russia will encourage car sales and try to export more

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RUSSIA

New car sales in Russia are rising for the first time since 2012 with a 5% year-on-year increase reported for January-May. Despite the automotive sector slump of 2014-15, most…

Economic success will elude Macri in Argentina

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ARGENTINA

The 2018 currency crisis left the economy in one of the deepest downturns of the last decade, repeating the cyclical pattern in place since 2011 of one year of growth followed by…

Near-zero growth is expected in Kazakhstan in 2016

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KAZAKHSTAN

Low global oil prices and GDP declines in Russia and other trading partners caused a slowdown in growth in Kazakhstan in 2015 and early 2016. External shocks led to a large…

Commodity price rises could boost Peru growth outlook

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PERU

The Peruvian economy appears to be benefiting not just from increased mining production but also from a moderate improvement in commodity prices. If sustained, these will feed…

Electric transport will transform the lithium sector

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INTERNATIONAL

Current levels are three times the range necessary to incentivise mining investment. Despite the challenges faced by car markets, undermined by the ongoing semiconductor chip…

More combative US moves raise risk of a ‘trade war’

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UNITED STATES

Sharp rhetoric from President Donald Trump and his officials is raising the prospect of a trade war. Following a year of false alarms and intra-administration conflict, signs…

Oversupplied platinum faces uncertain future

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INTERNATIONAL

Prices have moved within a relatively tight trading range of USD800-1,050 per ounce in recent years, moving above this briefly in 2021 and again in the wake of Russia’s invasion…