Emerging Markets COVID-19 Could Deliver Positive Changes To Emerging Markets Emerging markets (EM) are at a crossroads. The impact of COVID-19 aggravates pre-existing challenges. But it also enables those EM… 07.13.2020 Adriaan du Toit
China Could China’s SME’s Be Pointing To A Recovery? June was a good month for China’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), according to Standard Chartered’s proprietary survey of over… 07.07.2020 Lan Shen
Commodities As Trading Accelerates, Asia Leads The Way In Copper Consumption It is no secret that China holds a major presence within the global copper supply chain. As the world’s largest… 07.02.2020 Jon Lynch
China China’s Debt Relief To Support Liquidity In Stressed Emerging Markets China’s debt relief efforts have the potential to add support to a number of emerging markets (EMs) under pressure from… 06.25.2020 Jan Friederich
International Monetary Fund IMF Deal Prompts Ukraine Upgrade, Investor Confidence May Follow Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) on June 12 upgraded the Government of Ukraine’s long-term issuer and senior unsecured ratings to B3… 06.16.2020 Claire Meier Underhill
Latin America COVID-19 Sends Costa Rica Into Recession Moody’s Investors Service this month changed the outlook on the Government of Costa Rica’s ratings to negative from stable. In addition, the agency… 06.04.2020 Emerging Market Views
Emerging Markets Trade Views: Covid-19 Losses Equivalent To A Return To 1994 Tariffs It is expected that by June, nearly all countries should have lifted their generalized “lockdowns.” However, after a 22.5 percent… 05.26.2020 Emerging Market Views
Commodities COVID-19: A Threat To The Global Uranium Supply Uranium futures is one of the few contracts that has experienced price gains in recent weeks, as the economic impact… 05.14.2020 Owain Johnson
oil The Oil Market Crisis Is Just Getting Started The oil market is going to run out of available storage due to the demand collapse caused by the coronavirus… 05.05.2020 Paul Horsnell
Sustainability Clean Energy’s Challenges And Opportunities Amid COVID-19 As a global recession looms, projects face uncertainty, but stimulus packages could help keep a low-carbon future on track. Over… 04.27.2020 Sujay Shah
OPEC OPEC+ Production Compounds Economic Impact Of COVID-19 Pandemic The close-to 10 million barrels per day cut in oil production agreed to by major oil-producing nations will likely not… 04.22.2020 Brai Odion-Esene
South Africa South Africa Downgrade Was No Surprise Investors in South Africa knew the country’s investment-grade rating was living on borrowed time. Action taken on South Africa by… 04.09.2020 Claire Meier Underhill