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New moves will not ease confidence crisis in Argentina

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ARGENTINA

The moves followed a peso depreciation of nearly 21% during the last week of August. The measures aim to ease investor doubts over the government’s ability to overcome the…

Major challenges lie ahead for Bangladesh’s leader

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BANGLADESH

The visit was especially notable in light of the tough measures the United States adopted to promote democracy in Bangladesh ahead of the January general election, and…

Hungary’s rising prices may shift monetary policy

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HUNGARY

The sharp slide in the forint is fuelling inflationary pressures, testing the resolve of the National Bank (MNB -- the central bank) to continue providing stimulus to the economy…

Real GDP growth will be slower in Georgia in 2015

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GEORGIA

Worsening economic prospects in 2015.

Hungary’s monetary stance may weaken forint further

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HUNGARY

Hungary’s financial and economic woes are deepening amid a second wave of COVID-19 infections, which is undermining business and consumer confidence, and threatening to derail the…

Mortgages are now Romanian legal, not election issue

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ROMANIA

The constitutionality of two laws on distressed mortgages.

Relief of looser US monetary policy cannot mask risks

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INTERNATIONAL

Following the meal, the Fed said Powell did not discuss monetary policy "except to stress that the path of policy will depend entirely on incoming economic information and what…

Central Europe's slow rate rises will aim at growth

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CENTRAL EUROPE

The MNB’s first rate rise in a decade responds to headline inflation rising to the highest rate in the EU. The US Federal Reserve (Fed) decision to bring forward raising interest…

Turkey's new economic team acts to restore credibility

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TURKEY

In one of the most significant changes in direction in a major emerging market (EM) in recent years, newly appointed TCMB Governor Naci Agbal has tightened monetary policy…

Hungarian monetary policy risks disorderly forint fall

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CENTRAL EUROPE

This is despite a spike in core inflation. The three central banks of Central Europe (CE) are on a loosening cycle, responding aggressively to the COVID-19-induced collapse in…