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RATINGS EXCEL FILE - ALL COUNTRIES - AUGUST 2019

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Afghanistan	Albania	Algeria	Angola
Argentina	Armenia	Aruba	Australia
Austria	Azerbaijan	Bahamas	Bahrain
Bangladesh	Barbados	Belarus	Belgium
Belize	Benin	Bhutan	Bolivia

NEWS ANALYSIS

Japan economy: Softening the consumption tax

August 21, 2019

After being delayed twice, the consumption tax is finally set to rise from 8% to 10% on October 1st. However, certain items have been exempted from...

Malaysia economy: Manufacturing sector gears up for a revolution

August 21, 2019

As the world becomes increasingly automated, Malaysia is taking steps to keep its manufacturing sector atop the global leader board. The Pakatan...

Guatemala economy: Guatemala lags behind in 5G race

August 21, 2019

Globally, the advent of fifth-generation (5G) mobile telephony is regarded as an essential step-change for triggering the "fourth industrial...

World economy: EIU global forecast - Central banks ease monetary policy

August 21, 2019

Amid slowing global growth and rising trade tensions, the world's major central banks are easing monetary policy. In June Jerome Powell, the...

Philippines economy: Is the "sick man of Asia" ailing again?

August 21, 2019

In the second quarter of 2019, real GDP expanded by 5.5% year on year, representing the slowest pace of growth in four years. The weakening can be...

India/Saudi Arabia economy: Armco shapes up for IPO

August 21, 2019

Saudi Aramco, the state-owned oil giant, published interim financial results for the first time in mid-August, showing income predictably falling on...

Australia economy: The labour-market conundrum