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Puerto Rico control board will squeeze debt holdouts

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PUERTO RICO

The announcement would mark the largest subnational bankruptcy in US history, with Puerto Rico facing debt obligations of 73 billion dollars from an array of public entities and…

Mexican public indebtedness will remain restrained

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MEXICO

The government’s prudence should allow it to maintain Mexico’s investment-grade rating, despite lacklustre economic growth and the downgrading of state-owned oil firm Pemex.

Argentina stabilisation plan will prove challenging

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ARGENTINA

With Milei now predicting six months of stagflation and up to two years to reduce inflation from triple digits, dollarisation appears to have been shelved. Instead, he seems…

Guzman departure will raise crisis risks in Argentina

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ARGENTINA

Guzman’s abrupt resignation, after months of pressure from Vice-President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK), nonetheless took the government by surprise. His resignation…

Economic reform will falter with new Turkish cabinet

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TURKEY

Presenting his government's programme on November 25, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu promised to keep his election campaign pledges, complete major infrastructure projects…

Gulf set for large-scale drawdown of foreign assets

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GULF STATES

Gulf debt and sovereign wealth funds.

Prospects for the euro-area in 2023

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PROSPECTS 2023

Prospects for the euro-area in 2023.

Panama’s economic growth may slow but will continue

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PANAMA

The economy nevertheless still saw growth of 9.8% year-on-year, underpinned largely by the transportation and communications, commerce, construction and manufacturing sectors…

Argentine economic outlook will worsen this year

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ARGENTINA

The severe drought’s impact on export earnings has fuelled fears of devaluation, increasing exchange pressures and forcing the government to implement further domestic debt swaps…

IMF will strike a fine balance on Tunisian reforms

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TUNISIA

Kooli was in Washington to advance talks for a new IMF programme. Tunis has requested a multi-year USD4bn credit arrangement, on top of a USD745mn Rapid Financing Instrument that…