Blog posts tagged by tag: Infographic

• Is the UK really "shackled to a corpse"?

  Over the last year and change, the economic outlook for the Eurozone has improved dramatically while in that same time the UK economic outlook has left much to be desired.

  A little over a year ago, Brexit campaigners proclaimed that if the UK did not leave the European Union it would be "shackled to a corpse." A year on from the Brexit-vote and that looks far from the truth as the health of the Eurozone economy looks better than it has in some time. Read our latest economic outlooks for the UK and the Eurozone below.

  

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  Tags: European Union, Infographic

• How will Latin America’s upcoming lengthy election cycle affect the reform agenda and credit ratings?

  Latin America will soon enter into an electoral cycle that will last about a year and a half and, depending on the results, some countries could face difficulties in terms of their credit ratings. This is because of one important factor: The ongoing fiscal consolidation continues to be a challenge for many governments that are facing a context of low economic growth and lower tax revenues, especially those related to low commodity prices, which makes it even more difficult to curb the current debt dynamics in the region.

  *Guest blog post from Latinoamerica21. 

  Presidential elections are scheduled in seven countries: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Paraguay and Venezuela. All of the countries, with the exception of Venezuela, will see their current presidents’ terms ending and new leaders taking on the role. In addition, congressional elections will be held in Argentina— which could test Mauricio Macri’s reform agenda—and in El Salvador, where months of political paralysis has led to a significant decline in sources of funding for the government in addition to a debt default.

  

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  The elections will be of particular importance for the future of credit ratings for countries that have a negative outlook: Brazil, Chile and Mexico.

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  Tags: Infographic, Latin America

• The Mobile Ecosystem & Latin America's Economy

  Guest blog post from Latinoamerica21*

  Mobile technologies and services generated 5% of Latin America's GDP in 2015 and nearly 2 million jobs, direct and indirect. In addition, the mobile ecosystem has contributed USD 40 billion to the public coffers for tax purposes, according to the report, The Mobile Economy Latin America and the Caribbean 2016, from the GSMA which represents the interests of mobile operators around the world.

  

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  Tags: Infographic, Latin America

• Commodity exporters face challenging times

  The commodity super cycle is well and truly over, as has been exemplified by the tumble in commodity prices over the last few years. Emerging market economies that depend heavily on commodities exports for economic growth have been floundering as a result. However, Commodities prices are on their way back with underlying fundamentals of the commodity markets remaining positive through Q1 and are expected to continue to support the recovery throughout this year. But will the comeback in commodities prices impact the emerging market economies' economic growth? In this post we take a look at some of the commodities that are making a comeback and the outlook their biggest exporters. 

  

   

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  Tags: Commodities, Infographic

• What economy will the new Dutch government inherit?

  Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s liberal VVD party has won again despite losing seats, keeping the far right in a largely ineffectual position. The Netherlands is one of Europe’s best performing economies, which surely helped see reason ultimately triumph over populism after a campaign dominated by much political noise from Geert Wilders’ anti-immigration party. And yet voters still punished the outgoing coalition heavily. Rutte’s party lost about a quarter of its support and its traditional coalition partner all but collapsed, with the Green-Left party making substantial gains to emerge as an unexpected victor of the night and a potential kingmaker in coalition negotiations. On the face of it the Dutch economy is doing remarkably well, yet voters were clearly not entirely happy with the political status quo. While the Liberals do battle behind the scenes to form a working majority in the fragmented Dutch parliament, we take a look at the economic situation that the new government will inherit.

  

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  Tags: Euro Area, European Union, Infographic

• Which countries will have the highest and lowest inflation in 2017?

  Global inflation has been on an upward trend recently, hitting a multi-year high of 4.1% in January. The increase stemmed mainly from higher commodity prices, particularly energy commodities such as crude oil and its derivatives, which caused inflation to hit multi-year highs in many major economies.

  Rising inflation is limiting space for the continuation of monetary policy easing in some economies and has led analysts to speculate that the ECB could announce a tapering of its bond buying program this year. In addition, the expected tightening cycle in the U.S. is likely to put pressure on emerging market currencies and has caused a number of central banks to hold interest rates unchanged to prevent capital outflows.

  Global inflation came in at 3.5% in 2016, the highest result since 2012. While low commodity prices kept inflation contained in advanced economies, economic imbalances fueled price pressures in emerging markets. The infographic below shows the top 10 economies with the highest and lowest inflation around the world. 

  

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• What are the prospects for Emerging Economies in 2017?

  Emerging markets started 2016 on a weak note, with concerns over falling commodity prices and China’s slowing economy weighing on economic outlook. However, as the year progressed, various factors have led to emerging-market strength and economic performance was better than initially expected.

  After expanding 4.0% in 2015, emerging economies grew by an estimated 3.9% last year, according to FocusEconomics’ Consensus Forecast. Economic growth was supported in 2016 by improving commodity prices and a broadly stable U.S. dollar. China’s economy proved more robust than initially feared and the recovery now looks to be back on track in Brazil and Russia.

  But what’s in store for emerging markets this year? Will growth pick up in 2017?

  

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  Tags: Asia, Eastern Europe, Infographic, MENA, Sub-Saharan Africa

• What to expect in Asia for 2017

  

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• Latam to Resume Moderate Growth in 2017 but Important Risks Plague Outlook

  The Latin American economy is expected to recover modestly in 2017, though the outlook is plagued with risks that are causing a downward bias in analysts’ growth forecasts, according to FocusEconomics’ latest survey of 150 leading economic institutions.

  Economists forecast Latin America’s GDP to increase 1.6% in 2017, which has been revised down from the 1.8% projected last month. Economic data was stubbornly weak across the region in 2016 and growing uncertainty surrounding the global outlook in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s victory is weighing on sentiment, fueling concerns over the trajectory of the recovery in 2018.

  

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  Tags: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Infographic, Latin America, Mexico

• How are security concerns and political chaos affecting Turkey’s economy?

  The consequences of July’s coup attempt, numerous terrorist attacks, a weak currency and heightened political uncertainty took a toll on the Turkish economy in the third quarter of 2016. Revised data show that GDP contracted for the first time in seven years, disappointing the markets and contrasting the previous quarter’s expansion. On balance, FocusEconomics panelists expect that the economy will expand 2.7% in 2017, which is down 0.3 percentage points from last month’s estimate. 

  

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  Tags: Infographic, Turkey

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