Capital Flows’ Blocked Blandishments
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The IIF, while leading private Greek debt restructuring negotiations at an impasse over coupon rates and official creditor burden-sharing, slashed ...
Russia’s Opposition Capital Movements
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Russian stocks, despite low single digit p/e draws, skidded as 2011 capital flight came in at the $85 billion estimate, ...
The Caribbean’s Counterintuitive Crest
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In contrast to the rest of the MSCI universe, Caribbean frontier components Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago enjoyed 25 percent ...
Nigeria’s Subsiding Subsidy Subordination
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Nigerian stocks shook off 2011’s lethargy of a near 20 percent MSCI drop as the government proposed elimination of $8 ...
Financial Stability Reports’ Grading Jitters
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An IMF working paper finds “major drawbacks” in the central bank financial stability reports now issued semiannually and yearly in ...
Kazakhstan’s Flickering Succession Embers
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Kazakh shares slumped 30 percent in 2011 by the MSCI Index as President Nazarbaev marked the 20th independence anniversary with an ...
The US Treasury’s Awkward Asia Manipulations
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The US Treasury Department’s International Affairs office issued another delayed biannual congressional report on global currency practice which again cited ...
Central Europe’s Vacated Velvet Touch
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As Velvet Revolution Czech icon and former President Havel was mourned, the economic growth forecast changed to flat this year ...
2011’s Perfunctory Performance Pedestals
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In Asia the Philippines exchange joined Indonesia in a late-year barely positive result among core MSCI stock markets down 20 ...
Cyprus’ Undefended Demarcation Lines
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Following another ratings downgrade as Fitch’s outlook went negative, Cypriot officials scrambled to scotch talk of joining the EU rescue ...