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Beijing will move cautiously on exchange rate

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CHINA

China's exchange rate policy.

Job markets are less globalised than assumed

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INTERNATIONAL

Labour market globalisation.

Price protests may not bring down Azerbaijani regime

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AZERBAIJAN

Authorities took too long to adjust the exchange-rate regime under pressure from falling oil prices, wasting resources that could have been used to shore up the banking sector…

Rise in volatility-linked trading raises market risks

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INTERNATIONAL

Trading of volatility assets intensified this month's market sell-off.

Pragmatic protectionism may persist in many economies

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INTERNATIONAL

Fears of a period of imminent 'deglobalisation' involving more protectionism and less integration.

Russia and oil have mixed impact in Caucasus

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CAUCASUS

Economic turmoil in the South Caucasus.

China supplants Fed as main risk to EMs

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INTERNATIONAL

While futures markets are assigning a 28% probability to a rate hike this month, emerging markets (EMs) are likely to remain under strain regardless of whether the Fed tightens…

Fixing Azerbaijani bank may dent sovereign's image

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AZERBAIJAN

If two-thirds of creditors agree to the scheme by a July 13 meeting, the government will exchange IBA debt for sovereign loans but it has made it clear it does not bear…

Kazakhstan will push industrialisation programme

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KAZAKHSTAN

This follows an earlier vote in favour (104-0) by the lower house, the Mazhilis, on February 18. An early election this year is now increasingly likely. The official reason given…

Economic stress drains CIS sovereign wealth funds

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CIS

Concern about the need to preserve one of the SWFs to support the pension system is probably a major reason behind the rejection. The Ministry of Economic Development had already…