South Africa's economy exited technical recession in Q2 and recent data provides reason for cautious optimism. The recent recovery in agricultural...
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How vulnerable is Latin America to economic crises today? Economic crises are part of Latin America’s collective unconscious. In the beginning of the 1980s, the exhaustion of the economic... -
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A Look at the Potential Impact of Brexit on the Dutch Economy Written by Jan Lammersen, Economist The effects of Brexit on both individual Eurozone countries and the area as a whole...