16-Apr-18 Colombia: Wins for market-friendly parties in the legislative election are seen as a positive step for economic stabilization Colombia is gearing up for the first round of its important presidential election on 27 May, which will be followed...
13-Apr-18 Peru: No smooth sailing ahead for the new government On 23 March former Vice President MartÃn Vizcarra became the new president of Peru, following Pedro Kuczynski’s resignation two days...
1-Apr-18 Costa Rica: Carlos Alvarado elected president on 1 April, can he bring the fiscal deficit down? Carlos Alvarado of the incumbent Citizen’s Action Party won the second, decisive round of Costa Rica’s presidential elections on 1...
26-Mar-18 United Kingdom: Brexit draft withdrawal agreement should reassure firms to an extent, but uncertainties remain The draft agreement reached on 19 March on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU should encourage some companies to avoid...
26-Mar-18 Slovenia: Prime minister’s resignation unlikely to derail economic momentum Prime Minister Miro Cerar resigned on 14 March amid political pressure following a wave of public sector strikes and the...
26-Mar-18 Slovakia: Political crisis unlikely to affect economic policy On the second attempt, the Slovak president accepted on 21 March a list of ministers proposed by the new prime...
26-Mar-18 Italy: Elections jeopardize outlook for economic reforms Italy’s government is locked in a political stalemate after elections on 4 March delivered a hung parliament. No party or...
23-Mar-18 United States: Trump administration draws first blood as concerns over trade war with China grow On 22 March, the Trump administration announced its first set of punitive actions aimed at rebalancing the United States’ trade...
19-Mar-18 South Africa: Government unveils market-friendly budget; hopes to avert credit rating downgrade on 23 March President Cyril Ramaphosa’s government faced its first major test on 21 February, just six days after Ramaphosa took office, with...
16-Mar-18 China: Xi consolidates unprecedented power amid fears of a trade war President Xi Jinping took a decisive step to becoming the most powerful Chinese leader in decades following the National People’s...