Short-term political risk: multiple downgrades as emerging markets see liquidity squeeze amid covid-19 crisis
The current economic crisis provoked by the covid-19 pandemic combined with the commodity price shock is having a pronounced impact on the short-term ...
COUNTRIES :
Albania
Aruba
Barbados
Belize
Cile
Colombia
Ecuador
Egitto
Figi
Georgia
Grenada
Guyana
Honduras
Giamaica
Giordania
Kazakistan
Kenya
Kirghizistan
Malesia
Maldive
Myanmar
Nauru
Macedonia
Oman
Palau
Saint Vincent e Grenadine
Samoa Americane
Samoa Occidentali
Senegal
Sri Lanka
Tonga
Uganda
Vanuatu
Brasile
Santa Lucia
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Latin America: Region is likely to face a harsh recession, liquidity constraints and deteriorating public finances
Region quickly enacted harsh containment measures
COUNTRIES :
Argentina
Bolivia
Brasile
Cile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Ecuador
Guatemala
Honduras
Messico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Perù
Dominicana (Repubblica)
Uruguay
Venezuela
El Salvador
Suriname
Belize
Anguilla
Antigua e Barbuda
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados
Bermuda
Caraibi olandesi
Cayman (isole)
Curaçao (NL)
Dominica
Grenada
Guadalupa
Haiti
Giamaica
Martinica
Montserrat
Porto Rico
Sint Maarten (NL)
Saint Martin (FR)
Saint Kitts e Nevis
Santa Lucia
Saint Vincent e Grenadine
Trinidad e Tobago
Turks e Caicos (isole)
Vergini (isole) (americane)
Vergini (isole) (britanniche)
Falkland (isole)
Guyana francese
Guyana
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Brazil and Argentina: US trade tariffs on the doorstep
Steel and aluminium tariffs back on the table
COUNTRIES :
Argentina
Brasile
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Historic EU-Mercosur agreement to have large impact on both trading blocs…if ratified
Event
On 28 June, the EU and Mercosur (an economic trade bloc comprising Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) announced that they reached a huge ...
COUNTRIES :
Brasile
Argentina
Uruguay
Paraguay
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Brazil: A new president opens a new era, for the better?
Event
Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right lawmaker and former army captain, member of the Social Liberal Party (PSL), is the new President of Brazil. With ...
COUNTRY:
Brasile
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Brazil: Wildly unpredictable election fuels exchange rate volatility
Event
Rising global interest rates and risk aversion have put many emerging market currencies to the test in the last months. In Latin America, ...
COUNTRY:
Brasile
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Brazil: Resignation of minister can prove an opportunity to push through the vital pension reform
Event
Bruno Araújo resigned from his post as minister of Cities. Araújo was one of four ministers representing the centrist PSDB (Brazilian Social ...
COUNTRY:
Brasile
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Brazil: Meat corruption investigation can undermine government's reform prospects
Event
This month, Brazil surprised the world with a new corruption probe. This time it concerns sales of tainted meat. The ‘Weak Flesh’ ...
COUNTRY:
Brasile
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Brazil: Local elections boost Temer’s coalition, but way forward will remain difficult
Event
In October, Brazil’s 5,570 municipalities held elections to appoint mayors and city councils. Yet given that the local ballot constituted the ...
COUNTRY:
Brasile
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Dal miracolo economico alla crisi
Con l’esaurirsi del boom delle materie prime, l’economia brasiliana nel 2011 è entrata in fase di rallentamento. Più recentemente una crisi di ...
COUNTRY:
Brasile
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President Dilma Rousseff faces uphill battle to avert impeachment
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On 29 March, Brazil’s largest political party – the Democratic Movement Party (PMDB), which controls 68 of the 513 seats in the Chamber of ...
COUNTRY:
Brasile
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Brazilian confidence crisis takes its toll
Until a few years ago, international as well as domestic conditions contributed to Brazil’s success story. Terms of trade evolved favourably as ...
COUNTRIES :
Brasile
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