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Off the Cliff
UKRAINE · Report · 25 Feb 2015

Executive Summary Ukraine’s situation has deteriorated. Despite widely expected budget cuts, which should have secured a stable hryvnia, the authorities have envisaged an overoptimistic spending plan for 2015, which presumes heavy hryvnia printing. To make matters worse, it sounds as though the I...

It's all politics, at this stage...
TURKEY · In Brief · 24 Feb 2015

Since my name was mentioned in Cosmic's latest post, I might as well do a follow up, though I have little to add to his succinct analysis, especially the two main observations He makes -- that: 1) rate cuts should not have much effect on domestic demand against a backdrop of heightened policy vol...

Medina Winning Wide Support
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC · Report · 24 Feb 2015

Executive Summary Some 70% of adults surveyed support the idea of a constitutional amendment to allow President Danilo Medina to run for re-election, the country’s most respected polling organization reports. The pollster, Gallup-Hoy, also said that 64% of those surveyed believed that Medina shou...

Politics: Crime Data Look Good but Don’t Add Up
MEXICO · Report · 24 Feb 2015

Executive Summary The trend of recent years toward a reduction in the rate of intentional homicide in Mexico extended through 2014, according to the report the National Public Security System (SNSP) released last week. However, the information should be regarded as preliminary because Mexico’s Na...

Economics: GDP: 2014 and Beyond
MEXICO · Report · 24 Feb 2015

Executive Summary Mexico’s National Statistics Office (Inegi) reported that Gross Domestic Product increased 2.6% in the last quarter of 2014 compared to the same quarter a year earlier and 0.7% compared to the third quarter of 2014. For full-year 2014 GDP grew 2.1%; these are the same results th...

GDP’s Q4 2014 Outcome Fails to Lift Annual Growth
SOUTH AFRICA · Report · 24 Feb 2015

Statistics South Africa today reported that the inflation adjusted (real) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased notably at a quarterly, seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 4.1% in the last quarter of 2014. The outcome added two percentage points to the preceding quarter’s rate (see Graph 1). ...

Costa Rica: More Robust, Yet More Vulnerable
CENTRAL AMERICA · Report · 24 Feb 2015

Executive Summary Economic performance is expected to improve slightly in 2015, compared to previous expectations, and, in some respects, compared to 2014. Despite mixed fiscal signals from the government, we don’t expect turbulent storms this year. External conditions are the main reason: strong...

Cosmic Strategist reviews CBRT decision
TURKEY · In Brief · 24 Feb 2015 · 1 response

CBRT fooled the markets once again by cutting the O/N lending by 50 basis point and the weekly repo and the O/N borrowing rates by 25 basis points each. The market had anticipated a minor or no cut in the O/N lending rate and 25-50 basis point cuts in the other two. In the accompanying statement ...

The Moment of Truth
COLOMBIA · Forecast · 23 Feb 2015

Executive Summary This is likely to be a transition year for Colombia: the economy’s vulnerabilities will become apparent toward yearend, as reduced oil income subtracts from government revenues. Four crucial elements will determine the country’s path to recovery: first, oil and commodity price t...

Week of February 23
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 23 Feb 2015

A busy week in Brasília: Expectations are rising surrounding the request to make public the investigation by the Prosecutor General of the Republic against authorities involved in the Lava Jato operation. The Petrobras CPI should be installed in the House. Congress could vote on the 2015 Budget. ...

Weekly Tracker: February 22-28
TURKEY · Report · 22 Feb 2015

Executive Summary ISIS terror may be the new threat to political stability. Turkish military entered Syria on Saturday to evacuate the tiny military contingent defending the Shah Suleiman shrine and to bring home the remains of the titular founder of the Ottoman Empire, suggesting disagreements w...

Green Shoots Multiplying
CHILE · Report · 20 Feb 2015

Executive Summary There are several signals now that the economy is on a recovery path. But we must be cautious. A month ago there was a single variable that gave us some hope: imports of capital goods. In December we were hopeful because this variable expanded significantly. But January’s fig...

2015: Recession, High Inflation and Political Risks
BRAZIL ECONOMICS · Forecast · 19 Feb 2015

Executive Summary There has been a change in the economic policy bearings, starting with a fiscal adjustment and correction of administered prices. But the positive results will not appear in 2015. In the next 12 months the forecasts point to: a) a recession, with a 1% dip in GDP, along wit...

Predictions, Predictions
CHINA FINANCIAL · Report · 19 Feb 2015

Special Points To Highlight In This Issue: China continues along the path of weak economic data followed by strong expansionary reactions from Beijing, but with the economy bouncing about in an overall downward trajectory. Until the middle or end of this year I do not expect any clear signs that ...

How is the SA Economy Doing?
SOUTH AFRICA · Report · 19 Feb 2015

According to official figures released by Statistics South Africa, the unemployment rate dropped to 24.3% in the last quarter of 2014 from 25.4% in the preceding quarter. As good as the news seems, one should, however, be cautious in interpreting this outcome. The unemployment figures reported by...

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