Commodities View: Exports Should Remain Robust Under President Trump
Despite Misplaced Fears On Exports, Mexico Growth To Suffer There has been a dramatic shift in the nature of US-Mexico…
Gabon Update: Post-Election Risk Remains
Risks Clouding Outlook After Contentious Election After an election that led to countrywide unrest, Gabon, sub-Saharan Africa’s 5th-largest oil producer,…
Emerging Markets Under Trump | Mexico’s Economy And Its Perfect Storm In 2017
Rising Inflation, Falling Peso Dominate Outlook Lower growth and the potential of a renegotiation of the North American Free Trade…
Nigeria Outlook Now At “Negative”: Fitch
Frontier Friday: OPEC Nation Down A Notch From ‘Stable’ Global agency Fitch Ratings this week revised its outlook on Nigeria‘s…
Colombia: Recession Risk Rising
Colombia: External Factors Exposing Vulnerability The Colombian economy weakened measurably in the final months of 2016, according to Moody’s Analytics.…
Nigeria Inflation: Highest In More Than A Decade
Inflation Hits 11-Year High According to Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), annual inflation in Nigeria accelerated in October 2016…
Gabon: Post-Election Uncertainties Persist
Violence Has Ceased, Bongo Sworn In Although there has not been any violence in the aftermath of the constitutional court’s…
Russian FX: Executive View On Ruble, Oil
Russian FX Executives See Correlation Between Ruble And Oil Price A September survey carried out in Moscow by Bloomberg shows…
Mexico’s Bet On Oil Expected To Pay Off
With all eyes on Mexico’s PEMEX, the state-owned oil conglomerate, in the wake of the commodities downturn, recent moves by…
Ethiopia’s “Favorable” Growth Outlook
Country’s Rating Supported Ethiopia’s government bond rating, according to Moody’s Investor Service, is being supported by what the agency says is a…
Private Equity Still Attracted To Emerging Markets
Globally, private equity (PE) firms are readying to deploy capital into the global oil and gas sectors, with 25 percent…
Nigeria’s Lagos State Downgraded
Frontier Friday: Fitch Downgrades Nigeria‘s Lagos State to ‘B+’; Outlook Stable Fitch Ratings has downgraded the long-term foreign currency Issuer Default…
