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Rise in capital inflows may not endure in Brazil

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BRAZIL

Rising interest rates and commodity prices, and cheap stock market assets have been key factors in attracting capital. As a result, the real appreciated from around BRL5.7:USD1 in…

Poland’s expected new government faces range of risks

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POLAND

Financial markets are betting that ending the Law and Justice (PiS) party’s eight-year rule will help unlock EU funds, strengthen Poland’s institutions and increase its…

Morocco can get through COVID-19 and drought shocks

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MOROCCO

This follows an earlier downgrade from Fitch. Morocco’s principal exports -- automotive, phosphates and tourism in particular -- are vulnerable to global market volatility…

Japan will become more internationally competitive

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JAPAN

In the 1980s, the country's high-cost and high-price economy was much discussed. Decades later, Japan looks like a comparatively low-cost, low-price and low-income developed…

OPEC+ cuts to hit Russian external surplus into 2021

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RUSSIA

Foreign investment slowed, private capital flowed out and geopolitical risk and ruble depreciation dented foreign investors' appetite for Russian government bonds.

Japan’s Suga will focus on structural reform

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JAPAN

All this and more will be necessary as he confronts entrenched interests embedded by decades of rarely interrupted Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) rule.

Indian agriculture reform plans will prove inadequate

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INDIA

The outlook for Indian agriculture.

Long-term challenges cloud Ethiopia’s economic reforms

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ETHIOPIA

Outlook for Ethiopia's economic reforms.