Egypt’s Ponderous Pound Pounding
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Egyptian shares retraced half their 2011 index drop as parliamentary elections entered consecutive phases with predicted Muslim Brotherhood dominance and ...
Romania’s Chafing Chill Wind
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Romanian bond issuance was doubled in January as authorities grappled with weeks of worker anti-austerity hostility amid record low temperatures ...
Myanmar’s Muddy Modernization Maw
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A cascade of Western officials and investors, including hedge fund titan George Soros, visited long-shunned Myanmar as a diplomatic thaw ...
FDI’s Forgotten Near-Frenzy
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UNCTAD’s January update hailed a 15 percent global FDI rise to $1.5 trillion, half going to developing and transition economies ...
Argentina’s False Positive Pivots
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Argentine bonds roller-coastered to the top of the EMBI charts as President Kirchner’s thyroid cancer scare proved to be misplaced ...
The Maghreb’s Simmering Pot Straddle
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In North Africa as Morocco and Tunisia attempt Islamic-party led nonviolent economic comebacks, attention has also focused on Algeria where ...
Saudi Arabia’s Recalcitrant Remittance Reliance
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As Saudi Arabia, the region’s largest stock market, prepared the ground for further non-GCC access after lukewarm embrace of the ...
Kenya’s Pesky Performance Indictments
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Kenyan shares seeking to break from 2011’s abysmal African frontier showing were again trounced by Hague tribunal indictments of Finance ...
The World Bank’s Worst-Case Wallowing
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As President Zoellick is increasingly vocal about urging joint international public and private sector anti-crisis action near the end of ...
Latin Borrowers’ Ringing New Year Endorsement
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Brazil and Mexico debuted 2012 10-year issues at below-Europe 3.5 percent range yields on heavy demand hailing net creditor status ...