Central Asia’s Truculent Trio Test
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Central Asian financial markets lacked clear direction after a maelstrom of political, economic a banking system, and international lender cross-currents ...
Russia’s Designated Selloff Scenario Spread
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After a 10% Q1 stock market gain to lead the regional MSCI index while local bond foreign ownership was one-third ...
China’s Teflon Tariff Tiffs
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As China and the US continued their cycle of equal tariff retaliation on agricultural and industrial goods and threatened tighter ...
Global Banking Gyrating Compass Compensation
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The World Bank’s annual Global Financial Development report charts the South-South shift in particular regionally in global banking the past ...
Myanmar’s Reform Wave Riptide
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As the US and EU debate tougher trade and diplomatic sanctions against Myanmar for expulsion and killing of Muslim Rohingya ...
Latin America’s Perverse Political Parade
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Latin America topped Q1 main stock market results with Peru and Brazil roughly tied with 10% gains, as the President ...
Asia Local Bonds’ Yanked Yields
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The Asian Development Bank’s March regular survey of nine domestic bond markets, with insights from the last quarter of 2017 ...
Africa’s Truncated Free Trade Tug
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The African Union, with stock exchange unification still a vision, struck an outline continental free trade accord in March with ...
Central Securities Depositories’ Sideline Topics
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A new IMF Working Paper supported by the multi-donor First Initiative itemized the range of considerations for developing securities market ...
Low Income Economies’ Grinding Ground Stops
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The International Monetary Fund’s latest annual poor region survey covering 60 countries offers a lengthy economic, banking system and debt ...