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Economics, Policy & Regulation

LANDMARK ENVIRONMENTAL PACT YET TO BE TESTED BY CONGRESS

US & China | Milestones “This is a major milestone in the US-China relationship, and it shows what’s possible when we work together on an urgent global challenge.”

Economics, Policy & Regulation

LATIN AMERICA: END OF THE BOOM ERA?

Latin America | Emerging Markets Regional Review After years of strong growth, many key markets in Latin America are faltering. Although overall the region is no longer producing the high growth it once did, a number of markets continue to rise to new heights.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

MIDEAST: REDUCING HYDROCARBON DEPENDENCE

Middle East | Emerging Markets Regional Review The drop in oil prices is likely to affect public spending in the rentier states of the Persian Gulf, and pressure is mounting on governments to reduce economic dependency on hydrocarbons.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

OIL-RICH VENEZUELA FORCED TO IMPORT CRUDE

Venezuela | Milestones Venezuela, home to the world’s largest oil reserves at 298 billion barrels, is having a tough time getting the stuff out of the ground.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

ROMANIAN VOTERS EMBRACE IOHANNIS’S POLITICS

Romania | Newsmakers Iohannis defeated prime minister and Social Democrat leader Victor Ponta, taking 54.5% of the vote against 45.5%. So who is Iohannis?

Economics, Policy & Regulation

TUNISIA: COMPROMISE IS KEY TO STABILITY

Tunisia | Newsmakers Elections in Tunisia in October, which saw the secular Nidaa Tounes party (39.7%) narrowly beat the incumbent Islamic party, Ennahda (31.8% of the vote), were widely praised for being free and fair. Questions remain, however, about their democratic robustness.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

WILL KURODA SURVIVE JAPAN’S SNAP ELECTION?

Japan | Newsmakers Just weeks after Haruhiko Kuroda, governor of the Bank of Japan, surprised the world with a bold plan to inflate Japanese assets and weaken the Japanese yen by buying 80 trillion yen ($680 billion) in Japanese bonds, exchange-traded funds and real estate investment trusts, prime minister Shinz Abe upstaged him by calling a snap election for mid-December, two years ahead of schedule.

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LANDMARK ENVIRONMENTAL PACT YET TO BE TESTED BY CONGRESS

LATIN AMERICA: END OF THE BOOM ERA?

MIDEAST: REDUCING HYDROCARBON DEPENDENCE

OIL-RICH VENEZUELA FORCED TO IMPORT CRUDE

ROMANIAN VOTERS EMBRACE IOHANNIS’S POLITICS

TUNISIA: COMPROMISE IS KEY TO STABILITY

WILL KURODA SURVIVE JAPAN’S SNAP ELECTION?

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