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Developing Kazakhstan's middle class will be priority

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KAZAKHSTAN

The company is trying to attract more middle-class Kazakhstanis to undertake foreign travel, having announced on April 1 the start of a new economy sleeper class route from Astana…

South Korea's family conglomerates will escape reform

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SOUTH KOREA

South Korea's conglomerates are symbols of national pride and jobs with them are highly sought after, but their faults are roundly criticised. Samsung, the largest, is widely…

Lifting COVID-19 measures may hit resilient eastern EU

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EU

Available second-quarter data indicate a shallower recession in most of the eleven eastern EU member states (EU-11) than the rest of the EU in January-June. This may be due to a…

Canada-US ties will see fewer irritants under Biden

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CANADA

Canada’s Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is preparing to welcome a more predictable and stable partner in Biden than outgoing Republican President Donald Trump. However…

Spain’s foreign investment appeal is under threat

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SPAIN

Spain’s increasingly protectionist regulatory environment, and proposed tax and labour reforms, threaten to discourage investment. The foreign-owned automotive sector, which…

France’s recovery boosts Macron’s re-election hopes

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FRANCE

Inflation is lower than in other major EU economies and unemployment is falling, albeit from a high base, as the country approaches presidential elections in April.

Bet on Canada's spending poses risks for Trudeau

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CANADA

It includes large federal stimulus spending to spur economic growth and to alleviate the worst impacts of the collapse in global commodity prices, particularly oil. The budget…

Growth may accelerate under new Slovak government

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SLOVAKIA

The governing coalition has a comfortable parliamentary majority, but faces gathering concerns over Prime Minister Robert Fico's health, teachers' protests over wages and…

Turkey’s illiberal economic model will extend further

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TURKEY

Erdogan spoke with pride of imposing additional customs duties to protect domestic industries, cheapening credit and launching a national car project. Economic policies are…

Brazil's third-quarter bounceback may not be sustained

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BRAZIL

The negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are still affecting the Brazilian economy. After a sharp recession in the first two quarters of the year, the economy partially…