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Indonesia: Bolstered by Positive Fundamentals

The economic expansion is being supported by robust private consumption, rising public investment, accommodative monetary policy and gradual advancing

Weekly Insight: Testing times

Emerging markets - how resilient? Euro area - investment spending to boost growth China - surge in borrowing rates More foreign interest in Chinese bo

Euro Area Economic Update: Positive Fundamentals, but Risks Remain

The euro area continued its robust recovery in 2016, with GDP growth of 1.7%, outpacing the US. We expect growth to remain robust in 2017 and 2018. In

IIF Dispatch: Update from Warsaw

Our visit to Poland last week came on heels of the contentious attempts by the Polish authorities to block re-appointment of the former Polish Prime M

Latin America: When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going

Prospects of US trade protectionism have reverberated across the region. Spillovers from US policy uncertainty have prompted the central bank of Mexic

IIF Dispatch: Update from the UAE

GCC Central Banks Match the Recent Rate Hike in the US Despite a slowdown in economic activity due to serious fiscal consolidation and the oil crash,

Netherlands Political Update: PM Rutte Beats Populist Wilders

PM Rutte achieves another victory with 22% of the vote Loss of momentum led to Wilder's defeat Rutte's party VVD remains the largest party despite los

Weekly Insight: The View from Frankfurt

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US Update: Yellen Delivers Rate Hike

Federal Reserve hikes the interest rate to 1.00% Monetary policy statement little changed'€¦' '€¦ and the dot plot remained broadly the same Yellen st

IIF Dispatch: Update on Korea

Impeachment Upheld, but Next Government Will Face a Challenging Time The recent decision by the Constitutional Court to uphold President Park's impea

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