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Putin addresses ''Everything for Victory'' conference as ware causes labor shortages
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 04 Feb 2024
On February 3 Putin spoke at the conference, which revived a World War II slogan as its title. The Russian president said that Russia must produce everything it needs or national sovereignty will be jeopardized. He returned to his favorite themes of national defense. He warned that if Russia is n...
In the midst of a storm
VENEZUELA · In Brief · 02 Feb 2024
In the midst of a storm Given the political disqualification of María Corina Machado using a Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) judgment that violates all principles of due process and breaches provision 3.11 of the Barbados Agreement, the U.S. State Department reacted by suspending General License 4...
Maduro’s Unnecessary and Costly Disruption
VENEZUELA · Report · 02 Feb 2024
This article was originally published in Americas Quarterly on January 31, 2024. Few expected a complete resolution of Venezuela’s political crisis this year. But many did hope, at least, for substantial progress towards a democratic transition that would put the country’s citizens first, capp...
GULF WEEKLY: Saudi slows oil expansion, IMF reveals stronger Oman surpluses, Kuwait budgets a big deficit, US soldiers killed in Jordan
GULF COUNTRIES · Report · 02 Feb 2024
A skimmable summary overlaid with our analysis and links. Headlines: * Brent crude eased back to $79, and OPEC+ delayed making a decision on Q2 output. * An Iraqi militia drone killed 3 US soldiers, the first during the Gaza war, with retaliation expected. * Qatar participated in Gaza ceasef...
The verdict from the Supreme Court is out: Martinelli will not run in the 2024 elections; he will go to prison and pay a fine.
PANAMA · In Brief · 02 Feb 2024
Today, the Supreme Court rejected the appeal for annulment filed by Martinelli's legal team, marking the last opportunity for the former president to challenge the verdict of a 128-month prison sentence and a fine of USD$19.2 million for money laundering (in the "New Business" case) to purchase a...
Kazakhstan macro: 2024 Budget risks arising from strong tenge, low 2023 tax revenues
KAZAKHSTAN · Report · 02 Feb 2024
According to the Ministry of Finance's recently published 2023 annual budgetary statistics, it appeared that the republican budget deficit didn’t deviate much from the target even though tax revenues lagged well behind the plan. The government lacked tax revenues due to an overvalued tenge. The l...
Lula participates in Marta Suplicy’s accession to the PT, Congress resumes activity next week, and the government may launch the Voa Brasil program
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 02 Feb 2024
Today, President Lula participates in Marta Suplicy’s accession ceremony to the PT. Marta left the MDB and returned to the PT to run as vice mayor alongside Guilherme Boulos (PSOL) for mayor of São Paulo. Next week, the National Congress will resume activity. Some issues will be prioritized with ...
Turkey's banks shutter accounts of Russian corporations
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 02 Feb 2024
On February 1 the Russian business newspaper Vedomosti reported the news and cited sources such as business owners. Ankara has caved in to pressure from the US. Affluent Russians often have citizenship of other countries such as Israel or Cyprus, which makes it easy to get around sanctions. Middl...
Webinar replay - Philippines: Outlook, risks and challenges for Marcos 2.0
PHILIPPINES · Report · 02 Feb 2024
Visit our calendar page to watch replay of our webinar featuring GlobalSource Partners' Philippines Analyst Diwa Guinigundo discussing the Philippines' macro and political outlook in 2024.
TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Tajikistan sees large improvement in CA in 3Q23, thus allaying fears related to ability to repay debt
CAUCASUS / CENTRAL ASIA · Report · 02 Feb 2024 · 1 response
Questions about fast-declining FX reserves in Tajikistan over the course of 2023 led us to investigate in more detail the reasons behind this development back in Nov. We concluded then that the precipitous decrease in FX reserves was almost exclusively driven by the steep deterioration of the cur...
Essential CIS Politics: February 2024
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · Report · 02 Feb 2024
* Russia and Ukraine are bombarding cities with increasing ferocity. * Russia's presidential election looms in March, but no change is expected. * Ukraine’s ammunition and recruitment situations are becoming critical. * The Kazakh oil workers’ strike continued for a month but is still sma...
Hungarian veto on the EU's €50bn aid package to Ukraine has been withdrawn with unexpected ease today
HUNGARY · In Brief · 01 Feb 2024
Quite unexpectedly, but very positively from investors' point of view, today's extraordinary EU summit ended with a deal accepted by all member states, that means also by Hungary, in just a few hours after its start. Effectively, member states approved the original December proposal to provide Uk...
Russia: a brief market watch
RUSSIA ECONOMICS · In Brief · 01 Feb 2024
The FX market has not been not too active in recent weeks. The government keeps discussing an extension of the mandatory sale of FX revenues for exporters (currently, this regime finishes at the end of April), while the Central bank opposes the idea. From the fundamental point of view, current re...
EU passes EUR 50 billion aid package for Ukraine
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 01 Feb 2024
On February 1 all 27 EU member states agreed to the package. The row over this has lasted for 6 weeks. Hungary had vetoed the package until now. The President of the European Council hailed the news. There had been talk of stripping Hungary of its voting rights if Hungary did not agree. Hungary h...
No changes in the monetary policy rate in February 2024
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC · In Brief · 01 Feb 2024
Yesterday, the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic decided to maintain in the month of February 2024 the same level of the monetary policy rate in force since last December 2023, equivalent to 7% annually. Also, the interest rate on the permanent liquidity facility and the rate on paid deposit...