Australia’s China Luck Longing
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Australia headed into September elections with Labor under restored Prime Minister Rudd trailing the opposition, as interest rates were cut ...
Iceland’s Fishy Capital Control Reel
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Iceland’s new government elected on a household debt relief platform may also delay capital control lifting to almost a decade ...
Haiti’s Ineluctable Election Tremors
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As its post-earthquake IMF program ends with a request for a year extension, Haiti is finally gearing up for long-postponed ...
The Slovak Republic’s Spark Sputters
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Non-residents owning almost half of Slovak Republic local bonds, three times the corresponding Czech Republic share, turned wary ahead of ...
Mexico’s Encoded Energy Endurance Marker
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Mexican shares teetered on the positive cusp as President Pena Nieto proposed the PRI party’s long awaited constitutional revisions for ...
Kazakhstan’s Temperamental Tenge Outbursts
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Kazakh shares were down 10 percent on the MSCI Frontier index amid a spotty “popular capitalism” push and continued devaluation ...
Venezuela’s Controlled Auction Anger
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Venezuela’s decline continued to match the EMBI loss to date as the new dollar auction system repeated its lackluster test ...
Myanmar’s Hidden Landmine Laments
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As the International Red Cross pointed out 5 million Myanmar citizens live in landmine-infested areas where clearance has often not ...
Seychelles’ Hyped Island Hop
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The Seychelles joined Mauritius as an African small middle-income island stock exchange with listing of the state-owned Sacos insurance conglomerate ...
Asia’s Shrill PMI SOS
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Asian stocks and bonds were battered in July, with the Philippines alone positive for equities and the Korean won the ...