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Sri Lanka government will shrug off unpopularity

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SRI LANKA

Separately, the IMF’s Executive Board on March 20 approved a four-year, roughly USD3bn Extended Fund Facility for the country. The approval came around ten months after Sri Lanka…

French voters will respond to reforms in the street

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FRANCE

Update on Macron’s reform agenda.

Coalition conflicts carry credibility costs in Chile

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CHILE

Outlook for the coalition and the government's reform programme.

Costa Rica gridlock to compound Solis's unpopularity

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COSTA RICA

Outlook for the Solis administration during the second half of its term.

Opposition splits may favour Argentina budget bill

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ARGENTINA

Economy Minister Nicolas Dujovne presented a bleak draft 2019 budget to Congress on September 17, overshadowed by the announcement that a federal judge had charged former…

Croatia will remain under pressure until 2020 election

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CROATIA

The government has capitulated to demands by trade unions to lower the retirement age despite a growing demographic imbalance and public finances under strain. In the process…

Maia lines up to succeed Temer in Brazil

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BRAZIL

The Senate vote was the last hurdle the bill had to clear in Congress before President Michel Temer could sign it into law. The approval of this reform, which represents the most…

Disaffection leaves 2019 Argentine elections in doubt

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ARGENTINA

Lagarde’s visit to Buenos Aires to attend the G20 finance ministers meeting, and assurances of IMF support for the government’s economic policy plans, provided photo opportunities…

Australian post-election fiscal conservatism is likely

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AUSTRALIA

As Australia seeks to manage slower demand from China and depressed commodities prices, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has called a 'double dissolution' election for July 2…

Mexican government to reinforce fiscal tightening

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MEXICO

A substantial fiscal tightening is being proposed, with the government seeking to reduce its fiscal deficit significantly and attain its first primary surplus since 2008.