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Public debt increased from the second quarter of 2020, mainly due to the sharp economic contraction and peso depreciation.
The stock of EM debt has multiplied since 2000, accompanied by legal difficulties for borrowers falling into distress. Some economists are calling for a complete overhaul of the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB259074
ISSN: 2633-304X
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However, rather than reject Lusaka's proposal, a group of creditors abstained from the vote, forcing an adjournment until November 13. That date coincides with the end of Zambia’s…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB257055
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ECUADOR: Debt deal may offer some relief
This follows the submission by euro-area countries of their 2016 draft budgetary plans (DBPs), in compliance with the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP). The Commission will release…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB206276
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The first-quarter fall, following full-year contractions of 2.5% and 2.2% in 2018 and 2019, includes only the first ten days of the COVID-19-related lockdown, which continues. The…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB253483
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Construction, free trade zones, local manufacturing, transport and mining posted the largest rebounds. Tourism, still struggling due to international travel restrictions and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB263515
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In Greece, a country of 10 million people, 114 patients are in intensive care for COVID-19, of whom 35 are breathing through tubes (‘intubated’). The vulnerability of the…
Lockdowns to contain the spread of COVID-19 have slowed economic activity. Throughout Central, Eastern and South-eastern Europe (CESEE), there were major portfolio outflows in…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB253726
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A lack of testing may have led to an underestimation of infections, but with a population of 130 million, Mexico appears relatively unscathed by the pandemic so far. The virus…