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With the recent hikes in monetary policy interest rates in leading economies at a time of persistently high inflation, central bank authorities have signaled that we are facing a prolonged period of elevated interest rates. Such warnings from the Federal Reserve are of particular significance to ...

Murder, mystery, mayhem

TURKEY · Report · 20 Nov 2022 · 1 response

Turkish jets strafed Syrian Kurdish settlements in retaliation for the Beyoglu terror attack. We doubt this will escalate into a military campaign, though. There is a lot of commentary on Erdogan’s diplomatic efforts elevating his credibility and raising his voter approval at home. We are circums...

Negative global and domestic shocks slow the South African economy

SOUTH AFRICA · Forecast · 18 Nov 2022 · 2 responses

Households: Consumption expenditure by households has been one of the key drivers of the South African economy’s recovery from the Covid-19-induced recession. Although household consumption is expected to remain a key driver for growth, this is expected to be at a lesser extent than during the pe...

The Transition PEC was submitted yesterday, and the proposal will likely be changed before approval

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 17 Nov 2022

Finally, the transition team presented the text of the Transition Constitutional Amendment Proposal (PEC) to the National Congress. In fact, it is very unlikely that Congress will approve the measure in the terms proposed by the government. There is consensus on removing Bolsa Família from the sp...

Ukraine grain deal extended

CIS POLITICS · In Brief · 17 Nov 2022

On November 17 the United Nations and Ukraine said the deal whereby Ukrainian food is exported through the Black Sea has been given a 120 day extension. Turkey is vital in this because the ships carrying the food will pass through the Bosphorous Strait which is a Turkish waterway flowing through ...

GDP down 4.0% y-o-y in 3Q22, weekly inflation remains subdued

RUSSIA ECONOMICS · In Brief · 17 Nov 2022

Rosstat reported that the country's GDP was down by 4.0% in 3Q22 according to its flash estimate. No other details have been published. If so, then it means that seasonally adjusted Q-o-Q GDP didn't increase in 3Q22. It also means that in 9M22, GDP could be down by 1.7% y-o-y implying that in 202...

BSP matches US Fed rate hike

PHILIPPINES · In Brief · 17 Nov 2022

The Monetary Board formally approved today the 75bp increase in the BSP’s set of policy rates that Governor Felipe Medalla announced two weeks ago. The increase brings the overnight reverse repurchase rate to 5%. In his statement, Governor Medalla acknowledged that the action is aggressive but ne...

Little Gulf bond issuance is expected in 2023

GULF COUNTRIES · Forecast · 16 Nov 2022

After quadrupling their debt burden since 2014, the Gulf states are largely pausing new borrowing due to non-oil fiscal reforms, the oil windfall and higher borrowing costs. Oman and Qatar are even actively deleveraging. Sovereign external debt security issuance has dipped from an average of $40b...

Russia refuses Ukraine's conditions for peace talks

CIS POLITICS · In Brief · 16 Nov 2022

On November 15 Russia said that Ukraine's basis for peace talks were unrealistic and unsatisfactory. The Russian Foreign Minister falsely claimed that Ukraine had outright refused peace talks. Ukraine has a 10-point peace plan. This included guarantees for security and a court to try alleged Russ...

The Transition PEC may be submitted today, the PL may still question the results of the election, and Lula is in Egypt for the COP27

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 16 Nov 2022

A meeting is scheduled for today between Senator Marcelo Castro (MDB-PI), rapporteur of the Budget and the Transition Constitutional Amendment Proposal (PEC), and party leaders. The PEC may still be submitted today. Yesterday, a document regarding electronic voting machines requested by the PL wa...

Table of Six summit: More good than bad news

TURKEY · In Brief · 15 Nov 2022

The leaders of six opposition parties constituting the main stream opposition, dubbed the Table of Six (ToS) met for 8 hours on Monday night, to discuss a new constitution, joint economic program and coalition formation, as well as the implications of the tragic terror strike in Beyoglu, Istanbul...

Polish media claims Poland was hit by Russian missiles

CIS POLITICS · In Brief · 15 Nov 2022

On November 15 a Polish media outlet claimed that two Russian missiles hit Poland near the Ukraine border, killing two people. Poland called an emergency meeting of its security council. The government has not officially claimed that Poland was hit by Russian missiles. It could have been Ukrainia...

October’s CPI surprises on the upside

ISRAEL · In Brief · 15 Nov 2022

Inflation in October came in at 0.6% m/m (5.1% y/y up from 4.6% last month), above market expectations which were generally in the 0.4%-0.5% range. Core inflation accelerated to 5% y/y (from 4.7%). Rental prices (OER) accelerated to 5.6% y/y from 5.3%, continuing an upward trend since the beginni...

Q3 GDP: moving into recession but not so much as we have thought

HUNGARY · In Brief · 15 Nov 2022

GDP shrank by 0.4% qoq but grew by 4.1% yoy, by seasonally adjusted data, in Q3. This means that economy minister Nagy, who indicated a similar number a week ago, was right, whereas the MNB's so far quite reliable-looking WEAI index, on which we based our Q3 forecast, was dead wrong. The WEAI, pr...

A loss in central bank efficacy

VENEZUELA · Report · 15 Nov 2022

Monthly inflation for October closed at 6 percent, in a sharp slowdown from September (12.0 percent) and August (16.2 percent). This slowdown occurred despite an accelerated pace of bolivar depreciation whereby the dollar spiked 8.2 percent against the bolivar in October after having gained only ...