Kenya: Outlook Worsening Over Domestic Politics
With its August elections annulled and re-polling now set for late October, Emerging Market Views examines the current political and…
Emerging Markets Continuing “Positive Run”
Emerging markets (EM) continued their positive run over the summer, predominately boosted by a weaker US dollar, robust global trade…
Emerging Market Growth Surprising To The Upside
Emerging market GDP figures have surprised to the upside this year, and this, in turn, means good news for emerging…
Cracks Appearing In Philippine Economy
Incoming Central Bank Governor To Inherit “Robust” Economy The Philippine central bank will soon have a new governor. Data points…
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,…
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.…
Kenya Outlook Placed On “Negative”: Fitch
Frontier Friday: Account Deficit Leads To Negative Outlook Kenya, which has improved its country ranking by 21 to 108 in the…
Prospering In The Next Emerging Markets
Book Review Marko Dimitrijević, CFA, and chairman of Volta Global knows enough about the emerging and frontier markets. A finance professional…
Banixco Holds Neutral Tone
Mexico’s central bank (Banxico) has published the minutes from its monetary policy meeting which was held on August 11th. At…
Thailand Referendum Key for Near-Term Outlook
Thailand Votes The Southeast nation of Thailand is set to hold a constitutional referendum this weekend. Should it not pass,…
Middle East, Africa, Less Vulnerable to EM Debt: Moody’s
Emerging market economies are becoming increasingly vulnerable to external shocks after a decade-long build-up of debt, with the Middle East…
Clouds Over Emerging Market Growth
A period of exceptionally weak growth across emerging markets (EM) may be ending, but the current outlook is nothing to…
