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The NBU lifts policy rate by 0.5 ppt up to 9.0% amid concerns on capital outflow
UKRAINE · In Brief · 09 Dec 2021
The NBU Board increased policy rate by 0.5 ppt up to 9.0%. The decision was not obvious: in polls analysts split 50/50 with near half of observers (including us) anticipated policy rate to remain unchanged. However, the decision went in line with previous communication of the NBU which articulate...
Where are the jobs?
PHILIPPINES · In Brief · 09 Dec 2021
The October rounds of the Labor Force Survey (LFS) highlight a key weakness in the economy’s recovery from the pandemic: lack of quality jobs. The impact on household incomes and consumption will hamper the recovery. Between 2019 and 2021, the labor force grew faster than the working age populati...
The 1-week depo rate has moved further up today
HUNGARY · In Brief · 09 Dec 2021
The MNB called its usual weekly 1-week deposit tender with a 3.3% interest rate, up by another 20 bps from last Thursday. The Bank collected HUF8194bn of HUF liquidity through this tender, which provided banks with unlimited access, as usual.In addition, today is the value date for the first reve...
The Precatórios PEC was partially enacted, the exchange rate framework and MP 1063/2021 were approved, and the Federal Audit Court postponed the analysis of the privatization of Eletrobras to next Wednesday
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 09 Dec 2021
With the partial enactment of the Precatórios PEC, R$ 65 billion of fiscal space has been created in the 2022 Budget, which should be used, in part, to finance the Auxílio Brasil program. The points changed by the senators will be analyzed in the House next Tuesday. Other important victories for ...
New German Chancellor is an unknown quantity for Russia
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 08 Dec 2021
On December 8 Olaf Scholz became the Chancellor. Angela Merkel had held this post since 2005. She grew up in communist East Germany and speaks Russian fluently. She had a better rapport with Putin than any other EU leader. The two agreed on the Nord Stream 2 Pipeline. Merkel was one of the only f...
Consumer lending rates climbed, weekly inflation statistics surprised
RUSSIA ECONOMICS · In Brief · 08 Dec 2021
The CBR published October statistics on consumer lending and deposits rates that continued to climb (but not evenly and proportionally) as the regulator moved its key rate up. As the key rate was hiked last time by 75 bps at the end of October, the effect of this particular rate hike is yet to be...
CPI-inflation at 14-year record high in November
HUNGARY · In Brief · 08 Dec 2021
November CPI-inflation was reported this morning at 0.7% mom, 7.4% yoy, the latter up from 6.5% in October. Core inflation was 0.7% mom, 5.3% yoy (up from the previous 4.7%), non-fuel inflation was 0.6% mom, 5.9% yoy (up from 5.2% in October). Fuel prices rose by 2% mom, 37.7% yoy, and their yoy ...
Lira and Pacheco reached an agreement on the Precatórios PEC, today will be a busy day in Congress, and the Federal Audit Court analyzes the privatization of Eletrobras
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 08 Dec 2021
Today, the Precatórios PEC is expected to be partially enacted. The parts of the PEC that were changed by the senators will be analyzed in the House next Tuesday, December 14. Lira and Pacheco's goal is to complete the analysis of the PEC in both Houses next week. The Senate should vote on the ne...
Putin and Biden hold virtual summit on Ukraine
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 07 Dec 2021
On December 7 the two presidents spoke for 2 hours. The main topic was the Ukraine situation. The US is worried by the buildup of up to 175,000 Russian troops near Ukraine. Moscow insists that this is nothing menacing. The expert consensus is that there will not be a full-scale invasion and possi...
South Africa’s recovery momentum faltered in Q3 amid civil unrest and the third wave of Covid-19 infections
SOUTH AFRICA · Report · 07 Dec 2021
As we had expected and predicted in previous reports, the South African economy contracted during the third quarter of 2021, with real annualized quarterly GDP declining by 1.5%. This was following four consecutive quarters of positive growth since Q3 2020, with growth rates of 0.9% q/q and 1.1% ...
Azerbaijan releases 10 Armenian POWs in return for minefield maps
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 07 Dec 2021
On December 5 Baku released the men after Russian mediation. The release was facilitated by a meeting between the leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia in November 2021. 30 Armenians were captured by Azerbaijan on November 16, and 20 of them remain prisoners. Azerbaijan and Armenia still disp...
The impasse around the Precatórios PEC continues, the CAE of the Senate may vote on Sen. Jean Paul Prates’s report, and the leadership of the MDB should meet today to ratify Sen. Simone Tebet’s presidential candidacy
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 07 Dec 2021
Some senators are calling for the PEC not to be enacted. Leaders in the House do not believe the deputies are ready to analyze the changes that were made. A solution should be announced this week as the government hopes to start issuing Auxílio Brasil payments on Friday. The Senate CAE may vote o...
SAUDI: MBS’s Gulf-wide tour signals renewed confidence at a time of major foreign policy shifts
GULF COUNTRIES · Report · 06 Dec 2021
MBS arrived in Oman today on the first leg of a 5-country Gulf tour, his first significant foreign trip in two years. It comes ahead of Saudi Arabia's hosting of the annual Gulf summit and could result in progress in both GCC relations and also on wider regional issues such as Lebanon, Iran and T...
Putin hails friendship with India
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 06 Dec 2021
On December 6 the Russian President visited New Delhi. He acclaimed India as a ''great power'' as he met Prime Minister Modi. India and the USSR were allies for decades. India has a more positive view of Russian than almost any other non former Soviet nation. This is the second foreign visit Puti...
GDP in the Third Quarter, Elevation of the Selic Rate and Outlook for the Economy in 2022
BRAZIL ECONOMICS · Report · 06 Dec 2021
Based on the indications provided by the IBC-Br, the contraction of GDP by 0.1% in the third quarter came as no surprise. However, because of the need to raise the interest rate, putting it in restrictive territory, and the recent evolution of various indicators (of confidence, industrial output ...