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 ...
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 ...
The Euro Area’s Rooted Rot Rotation
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As the average PMI passed 50 and banks cited better lending conditions in terms of supply, the IMF circulated its ...
Hungary’s Cloying Closeout Capers
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Hungarian stocks scrambled for positive traction as the central bank again cut interest rates to 4 percent, as bankings were ...
Russia’s Churlish Host Habits
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Russian shares despite p/e ratios around 5 remained off through July with the expected glow from hosting the G-20 central ...
Central Europe’s Pilfered Pension Pillars
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As EU officials underscored the continued hold of 30 banking groups on over half of regional assets and the BIS ...
The Baltics’ Querulous Euro Queue
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Baltic stock markets were buoyed by EU approval for Latvia to follow Estonia into the euro as Brussels hailed the ...
European Central Banks’ Stability Stretch
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With longer-term EU debate swirling on common banking union twenty years after the “single passport” concept was introduced, research by ...
The EU’s Exasperating Excess Exclamations
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Hungary and Poland revived their candidacies for medium-term euro entry as the European Commission released them from the excess fiscal ...
Malta’s Ambivalent Anti-Crisis Crusade
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Maltese bonds and stocks rebounded from immediate post-Cyprus jitters but the offshore center’s struggle was highlighted by the IMF’s annual ...