Country Report
Portugal Maintaining Momentum
Portugalavoided austerity in its path to recovery but now faces adaunting debt load.
Author: Tiziana Barghini
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Check The Lights For GDP Fakers
Statistics emerging from dictatorships and autocratic nations are not necessarily trustworthy.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
U.S. Protectionism: Hype, Hope Or Hell To Pay?
Some see trade-war threats as posturing for negotiating advantage. Still, a lot of companies could get hurt along the way.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Weak WTO Makes Multilateral Work Messier
Trade and tariff wars are more likely to spiral out of control now that the WTO is weaker than during tense periods in the past.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Swiss To Vote On Reclaiming Fiat Power
As many countries move to become cashless societies, Switzerland will vote on whether their central bank should be the only institution capable of creating money.
Features
Caribbean: Stormy Recovery Path
The 2017 hurricane season hit the Caribbean hard, leaving a trail of destruction and death—sometimes wiping out whole settlements. It also sparked fresh doubts that turquoise waters and sandy beaches will draw enough tourists or the investment and spending that goes with a robust tourism industry.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Latin America: Back on Track
Good news from Latin America: With Brazil and Argentina coming out of the 2015-2016 recession, the region has returned to expansion mode and is expected to gain economic strength this year and next. The return of capital inflows and an apparent change in foreign direct investment (FDI) are the most evident signs that investors’ views of South and Central America have tilted more to the positive of late. The region is back on track.
Data
Latin America And The Caribbean: Back On Track
A nascent global recovery is improving prospects across Latin America and the Caribbean—albeit unevenly.
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Data
Latin America And The Caribbean: Stormy Recovery Path
Despite hurricane damage, average economic growth in the Caribbean is expected to top the Latin American average according to the IMF. However, Dominica's GDP is expected to decline and weak growth is likely in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands where pre-existing macroeconomic weaknesses were compounded by storm damage.
Data
Latin America Back On Track
A nascent global recovery is improving prospects across Latin America and the Caribbean—albeit unevenly.Foreign direct investment is increasing, commodity prices have bottomed out, and six countries will hold presidential elections through the end of October.
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Stormy Recovery Path for the Caribbean
Despite hurricane damage, average economic growth in the Caribbean is expected to top the Latin American average according to the IMF. However, Dominica's GDP is expected to decline and weak growth is likely in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands where pre-existing macroeconomic weaknesses were compounded by storm damage.
News
EU Gives Consumers New Data Controls
On May 25 this year, the adoption of Europe’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is set to become a watershed moment in privacy history: EU citizens gain new rights to view, limit and delete data that businesses from around ...