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Large US household balance sheets pose macro risks

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UNITED STATES

An examination of the factors behind the expansion indicates that outsized balance sheets will persist and will pose a number of macroeconomic risks.

Japan shies away from fiscal growth strategy

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JAPAN

Secular stagnation in Japan.

Bank caution will make Russian firms draw on own funds

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RUSSIA

Financing sources for Russian companies.

Prospects for the global economy to end-2021

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PROSPECTS H2 2021

However, supply is struggling to keep pace with demand, and dislocation effects plus shortages of some critical goods and workers are raising prices. GDP growth forecasts for 2021…

Policy challenges discourage investment in Argentina

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ARGENTINA

One year ago, then newly inaugurated President Mauricio Macri attended the Davos World Economic Forum (WEF) to promise shifts in foreign and economic policy. Some of his promises…

Revenue diversification would reduce African debt

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AFRICA

African debt burdens

China’s economic targets will get trickier to achieve

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CHINA

The GDP growth target of 5% and the urban job creation target of 12 million are unchanged from last year, but harder to achieve as the post-pandemic rebound fades and large-scale…

Peru's fiscal adjustment may take place in 2016

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PERU

Peru's fiscal policy.

Uganda energy moves pose risks for the president

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UGANDA

Political economy of energy in Uganda.

Referendum 'no' vote could trigger crisis in Italy

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ITALY

Renzi's government will fight two existential battles in the coming weeks: winning the constitutional reform referendum on December 4, and obtaining from the Commission the…