Emerging Market Crisis Series

South Africa needs tougher exchange controls before junk status hits

Nov 10, 2016 22:35 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy

During this interminable period of economic stagnation, with no prospects of an upturn in sight thanks in part to Donald Trumps victory, South Africa desperately needs the radical economic transformation repeatedly...

Brazil retail sales sag for third straight month in September following weakness in labor market

Nov 10, 2016 13:03 pm UTC| Commentary Economy

Retail sales in Brazil continued to fall for the third straight month during the period of September, following weakness in the countrys labor market that is suffering the pain of continued unemployment that hurt consumer...

RBNZ cuts interest rate to 1.75, signals probability of end of easing cycle

Nov 10, 2016 12:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Central Banks

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand at Thursdays Monetary Policy meeting cut the Official Cash Rate to a new record low of 1.75 percent as widely expected and signalled it has probably done enough to return inflation to target...

Indian currency demonetization likely to hurt real-estate business, property prices to fall, says Fitch

Nov 10, 2016 11:52 am UTC| Commentary Economy

The drastic move by the Indian central government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to abolish the existence of INR500 and INR1000 notes, with effect from November 9, 2016 is expected to lead to a fall in the prices of...

NBP likely to stay on hold in medium-term, government bonds to suffer on global sell-off

Nov 10, 2016 10:22 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks

The National Bank of Poland (NBP) is expected to stay on hold in the medium-term, but Polish government bond might suffer given the global bond sell-off and high presence of non-resident holdings of Polish...

French non-farm payrolls rise in September, beat market expectations

Nov 10, 2016 09:50 am UTC| Commentary Economy

Non-farm payrolls in France rose during the month of September, slightly beating what markets had initially anticipated. Non-farm payrolls in France rose 0.3 percent quarter-on-quarter in the September quarter of 2016,...

BSP keeps policy tools unchanged, revises future inflation forecast upwards

Nov 10, 2016 09:28 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks

The central bank of Philippines kept its policy stance unchanged at the monetary policy meeting held Thursday, revising upward the countrys future inflation forecast. The central bank is expected to tighten its policy...