Tunisia: Protests, Austerity Leading To Unrest
Post Arab Spring, county still struggling amid high unemployment and rising inflation. January’s violent protests have raised the risk of…
Egypt: What To Watch
“We Remain Cautious On Investing” As US dollar reserves rise, Egypt and Nigeria have become attractive, but proceed with caution,…
Formerly Fragile Indonesia Shows Resilience
IMF Projects 6 Percent Growth In 2018 Economic growth in Southeast Asia is likely to remain well above the average…
Egypt’s Central Bank Makes Its Move
Central Bank Takes Action On November 3, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) moved to a more flexible exchange rate…
Outlook For Ghana Placed At “Negative”: Fitch
Frontier Friday: Ghana Ratings Affirmed With “Negative” Outlook Fitch Ratings in September affirmed Ghana‘s long-term foreign and local currency issuer…
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…
South Africa Politics To Trigger Downgrade
IMF Forecast Lowered As Economy Remains Weak South Africa’s economy remains weak. The current GDP growth forecast by the International Monetary…
People News & Moves
Lagarde Selects New Director For African Department Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ms. Christine Lagarde, this fall…
Angola Forecast Cut Amid Low Oil
Frontier Friday: Angola Growth Halved, Revenues Shortened OPEC-member Angola appears to be heading for a very rough patch of economic…
Low Oil Has “Devastated” Venezuela
The economic crisis in Venezuela is deepening. Data shows real GDP contracted 5.7% in 2015 and annual inflation hovering above…
Lagarde Meets With Colombia’s President Santos
At the helm of one of Latin America’s more stable economies at the moment, Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia…
China’s Currency Now Part of Global “Basket”
At a dinner four years ago, I sat opposite a senior official of the New York Federal Reserve, and was…
