Stock Markets’ 2015 Universal Ugly
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Both the MSCI core and frontier benchmark indices dropped over 15 percent in 2015, with Hungary in the former and ...
South Africa’s Ship Captain Capsize
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South African bonds and stocks ended 2015 with MSCI and EMBI losses, with President Zuma’s serial Finance Minister reshuffle upsetting ...
Egypt’s Crashing Pound Headaches
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Egypt stocks were 35 percent in the red on the MSCI Index going into December, as a dollar shortage, lackluster ...
Brazil’s Unimpeachable Whirlwind Witness
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Brazil stocks and bonds were at the bottom of the MSCI and EMBI indices, with respective 40 percent and 15 ...
Africa’s Cratered Debt Landscape
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The IMF and World Bank issued an inaugural report on African and other low-income economy debt vulnerability after official cancellation ...
Brazil’s Unimpeachable Whirlwind Witness
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Brazil stocks and bonds were at the bottom of the MSCI and EMBI indices, with respective 40 percent and 15 ...
The BIS’ Callous Calming Effect
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The Bank for International Settlements’ latest quarterly review cited “uneasy calm” in advance of the US Federal Reserve’s first post-crisis ...
Pakistan’s Miffed Military Lull
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Pakistan shares were down almost 20 percent on the MSCI frontier index into December, despite relative security calm from a ...
Hungary’s Exaggerated Exchange Wizardry
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Hungary’s stock market was the region’s runaway winner into the last month of the year up 30 percent on the ...
Kazakhstan’s Chilly Privatization Promotion
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Kazakh shares stayed in the back of the MSCI frontier pack with a 45 percent drop despite President Nazarbaev’s whirlwind ...