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New bonds support Greek exit from bailout in 2018

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GREECE

Greece’s return to bond markets.

Greek recovery will attract institutional investors

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GREECE

The new issue’s main purpose was to build up a benchmark yield curve to facilitate the sovereign’s future access to capital markets and, ultimately, pave the way for the broader…

Egypt is preparing for an IMF deal

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EGYPT

The government wishes to bolster the balance of payments in the face of a widening trade deficit and falling reserves. The policy of attracting sizeable portfolio investment…

Thirst for African Eurobonds belies higher credit risk

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AFRICA

African Eurobond push

Ukraine issues costly bond as it hopes for IMF funds

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UKRAINE

These payments come shortly after the ministry placed a 725-million-dollar, six-month Eurobond with private investors. The government seems to have had no alternative to this…

Economic impacts of pandemic will endure in Honduras

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HONDURAS

Hurricanes Eta and Iota, which struck Honduras in quick succession in the first half of November, took a severe toll on the agriculture sector, which accounts for more than 10% of…

Gulf set for large-scale drawdown of foreign assets

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GULF STATES

Gulf debt and sovereign wealth funds.

Revenue diversification would reduce African debt

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AFRICA

African debt burdens

Russia will hope to escape US sanctions on debt

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RUSSIA

Moscow is looking to its ruble bonds rather than global markets or sovereign reserves for funding its fiscal needs, so will view possible sanctions on domestic debt with…

Turkish lira stability could be short-lived

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TURKEY

The lira has been steadied by a combination of a new savings scheme introduced in December aimed at reversing the ‘dollarisation’ of the economy and the halt to aggressive…