Emerging Insights

Emerging economies pushing for greater pharmaceutical self-reliance Countries like South Africa and Colombia, previously left behind in...

Labor market tightness risks strong performance in Eastern Europe The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cautioned that the rapid wage...

The IMF has intensified its scrutiny of Argentina’s $44 billion loan program as the country grapples with triple-digit inflation and...

Developing countries require up to $387 billion annually to address the escalating impacts of climate change, according to a UN study...

In October, foreign investors withdrew a record amount from U.S. equity funds linked to Saudi Arabia amid heightened violence in the...

In a recent report by the Central Bank of Paraguay, it was revealed that direct investment in the South American nation reached an...

Emerging market currencies, battered for most of 2023, are expected to take until next year to register substantial gains against a...

In the lead-up to Poland's general election, slated for October 15, 2023, Fitch Ratings emphasizes that the outcome of this crucial...

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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has warned that Russia’s attack on Ukraine will slow growth across Eastern Europe this year, causing energy prices, borrowing costs and inflation to remain elevated while deterring foreign investment. Manufacturing-dependent Hungary and Latvia are expected to see especially deep contractions, while Poland’s growth is forecast to be only 1 percentage point, down from 4.8% in 2022. Energy-intensive factories acr

Good morning and welcome back to International Economics, a roundup and review of the key stories moving global markets. We would love to...

When Colombia elected its first leftist in Gustavo Petro last year, observers began to return to the narrative of a “pink wave” of...

Despite being one of the world's fastest expanding economies in 2022, Vietnam is facing growing headwinds as a corruption drive and real...

China, Russia, Algeria, and Turkey have moved to restructure Cuba’s debt, provide new investment, and shore up its creaking energy...

Chile concluded a free trade agreement with the EU that aims to enhance European access to key renewable energy inputs like lithium and...

After a year of worsening economic and financial conditions, pressures facing emerging markets appear to be leveling off, leading to a...

China concluded high-level meetings with Middle Eastern leaders this week in a bilateral summit with Saudi Arabia, at the China-Gulf...

In emerging markets with weak borrowing capacity and low market faith, a class of private equity funds deploys large sums of capital to...

In response to the NPP’s reactionary economic crisis management, this memo assesses current debt management policies and offers...

Amid a fragmenting political environment, Ghana has reversed previous promises and proposed a 30% “haircut” on foreign debt. The...

Emerging economies' concerns were dominant in this week's COP27 meetings, with the costs and consequences of funding gaps taking center...