RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS - In Brief 26 Jul 2022

On July 27 Moscow made the announcement. The change shall take effect in 2024. Russia plans to build a space station for its own sole use.

Roskosmos said it will fulfill all its obligations until 2024. The USA and Russia have worked on the International Space Station (ISS) together sin...

PANAMA - Report 26 Jul 2022 2 responses

Social uprisings began on July 4, when a group of teachers from ANADEPO (representing over twenty educational, civil, farming, transportation and student associations) and AEVE (a teachers' union), based in the provinces of Chiriquí and Veraguas in western Panama, closed the main arteries of comm...

HUNGARY - In Brief 26 Jul 2022

The Council raised the base rate further by 100 bps, to 10.75% today, and the 1-week deposit rate will most likely follow this increase on Thursday.

This looks quite ambitious: as the MNB had managed to bring the forint back to around EURHUF 400, the MNB could have scaled bac...

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 26 Jul 2022

The MDB convention to formalize Senator Simone Tebet's candidacy for the Planalto Palace has been taken to court. An annulment request was submitted to the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) yesterday. While the Ipespe poll shows that the distance between Lula and Bolsonaro fell from 11% to 9%, FSB P...

RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS - In Brief 26 Jul 2022

On July 26 the Russian gas giant announced that it will reduce supplies via Nord Stream to 33 million cubic meters per day. That is 20% of capacity. Gazprom says this is due to technical problems.

The cut will take effect from 0700 Moscow time on July 27.

Earlier in July 2...

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 25 Jul 2022

Party conventions will remain at the center of political debate. On Wednesday, July 27, the MDB will decide whether to officially launch the presidential candidacy of Senator Simone Tebet. The PSDB will meet to select the vice president on Senator Tebet's ticket. The government is expected to ann...

BRAZIL ECONOMICS - Report 25 Jul 2022

At the next COPOM meeting, the Central Bank will likely increase the SELIC rate by 50 basis points, to 13.75%. Although this rate is strongly restrictive, will this mark the end of the monetary tightening cycle? The analysis of the balance of risks – domestic and international – indicates it woul...

KAZAKHSTAN - Report 25 Jul 2022

The Kazakh president recently mentioned that the country’s GDP was up by a mere 3.4% y-o-y in 1H22, while in 1Q22, it was up by 4.6% y-o-y. Even though the figure quoted by the president had not yet been officially published, the general perception is that economic growth in the country slowed in...

MEXICO - Report 25 Jul 2022

Growth in private consumption has accelerated in recent months but has yet to significantly improve on pre-pandemic levels. Household expenditure has not grown uniformly, and there are especially pronounced lags in the consumption of durable goods such as autos and electronic appliances, as well ...

MEXICO - Report 25 Jul 2022

The recent arrest by the Mexican Marines of Caro Quintero, the once-powerful drug kingpin and prime suspect in the 1985 abduction, torture and murder of DEA Special Agent Enrique Camarena, says a lot about the current state of US-Mexico relations. His capture came three days after President López...

PHILIPPINES - In Brief 25 Jul 2022

President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. today gave his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) before congress. The speech was forward-looking, without the usual finger pointing of inherited problems, reminding listeners that this administration is in part a continuity of the last one. This is evid...

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 25 Jul 2022

The slogan chosen for the PL convention was “For the good of Brazil”. In addition to his anti-establishment narratives, Bolsonaro's speech included attacks on Lula and the defense of the economic measures adopted by the federal government. He also called on his supporters to “take to the streets ...

INDIA - Report 25 Jul 2022

Recent statements by the RBI Governor have clarified the commitment of RBI to defending the exchange rate. Round numbers such as 65, 70, 75, 80, etc. seem to be places where the RBI takes a stand. USD/INR volatility is lower for the last Rs.1 or Rs.2 prior to the round number, and then volatility...

CHINA - Report 25 Jul 2022

GDP grew only 2.5% y/y in H1, but is recovering from the lockdowns. As the pandemic shock has come gradually under control, and with the start of various economic stabilization policies, the recovery of growth in June has lifted Q2 growth to achieve positive growth of 0.4% y/y, contributing to a ...

ISRAEL - Report 25 Jul 2022

1. Despite some modest decline in the demand for workers, the labor market remains tight and at full employment. 2. Growth appears to be fairly steady, with some moderation. 3. We continue to expect fairly aggressive tightening this year, to 2.75% by early 2023.