COUNTRY RISK RATINGS AND NEWS ANALYSIS

AF Afghanistan
AL Albania
DZ Algeria
AO Angola
AR Argentina
AM Armenia
AW Aruba
AU Australia
AT Austria
AZ Azerbaijan
BS Bahamas
BH Bahrain
BD Bangladesh
BB Barbados
BY Belarus
BE Belgium
BZ Belize
BJ Benin
BT Bhutan
BO Bolivia

NEWS ANALYSIS

JPJapan economy: Questionable data or questionable policies?
February 20, 2019
The misreporting of data by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) is the latest scandal to hit the Japanese government. The prime...
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BOBolivia economy: Real GDP growth slows in Q3 2018
February 20, 2019
Real GDP growth slowed to just below 3.3% (in year-on-year terms) in the third quarter of 2018, mainly owing to a drop-off in investment spending....
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Switzerland/UK economy: Switzerland signs trade continuity agreement with the UK
February 20, 2019
On February 11th the UK's secretary of state for international trade, Liam Fox, and the Swiss federal councillor, Guy Parmelin, signed an agreement...
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TRTurkey economy: Current-account deficit at 3.7% of GDP in 2018
February 20, 2019
Event In 2018 the current-account deficit declined to US$27.6bn, or about 3.7% of estimated GDP, compared with US$37.3bn (or 5.6% of GDP) in 2017...
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BYBelarus economy: Export diversification makes progress in 2018
February 20, 2019
Event In 2018 Belarus's goods exports grew by 15.3% year on year in nominal US dollar terms and imports were up by 12.2%, according to data from the...
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PTPortugal economy: Unemployment rate remained unchanged at 6.7% in Q4
February 20, 2019
Event In the final quarter of 2018 the unemployment rate stood at 6.7%-unchanged from the previous three months but 1.4 percentage points lower year...
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PTPortugal economy: Inflation fell to nine-month low in January
February 20, 2019
Event The consumer price index (CPI) rose by 0.5% year on year in January down from 0.7% in the previous month and the weakest outturn since April...
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