Taking aim at the government’s strained finances, newly-elected President Jair Bolsonaro presented Congress with a comprehensive social-security reform bill on...
News Category: Politics
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Brazil: Bolsonaro’s ambitious social-security reform bill likely to get diluted in Congress -
Ukraine: Zelensky leaps forward in polls, but the race is far from over in Ukraine’s presidential election As the 31 March presidential election draws nearer, Volodymyr Zelensky, a comedian and political novice, has surged ahead in the... -
Romania: Economic Snapshot for South-Eastern Europe Economy slows to an over two-year low in Q4 2018 Economic dynamics in the South-Eastern Europe (SEE) region appear to... -
Japan: Economic Snapshot for G7 Countries Global economic growth moderates in Q4 as uncertainty heightens Global economic growth continued to cool in the fourth quarter of... -
United Kingdom: Brexit delayed; final outcome still unclear On 21 March the EU agreed to delay Brexit until 12 April to give the UK parliament more time to... -
United Kingdom: No-deal Brexit edges closer; several Labour and Conservative MPs defect With just over a month before the UK is set to leave the EU on 29 March, Theresa May is... -
Kenya: Economic Snapshot for Sub-Saharan Africa Regional growth is seen picking up for a third year in a row in 2019, as Nigeria’s recovery gathers pace... -
Estonia: Policy continuity expected with elections coming up in early March Estonia is set to hold a parliamentary election on 3 March, in what is expected to be a tightly contested... -
Korea: Economic Snapshot for East & South Asia The clock is ticking on a China-U.S. trade deal Growth in the East and South Asia region stabilized in the... -
Argentina: Economic Snapshot for Latin America Growth projected to regain some steam in Q4; crisis-stricken Venezuela groans under oil sanctions Latin America’s bumpy economic recovery is...