Publications

IIF Dispatch: Update on South Africa

October 23, 2015

Persistent deficits and a rise in public debt have left the government no room for fiscal stimulus to pull the economy out of the doldrums. The recent

Egypt: Misaligned Exchange Rate

October 23, 2015

Potential investors are now focusing on the Central Bank of Egypt's exchange rate policy. The current policy of capital controls to defend a highly ov

Weekly Insight: Risk Appetite Reignited

October 22, 2015

ECB hints at more in December' Familiar uncertainty as U.S. debt ceiling approaches China-slower growth but better economic structure Andean centra

Ukraine: Debt Challenges

October 21, 2015

The government of Ukraine has reached agreement with private creditors to restructure about $15 billion of the outstanding $18 billion of Ukraine's ex

IIF Dispatch: Update from Brazil

October 21, 2015

Below we highlight the main takeaways from our recent trip to Brazil. A deepening political crisis is obstructing the economy's recovery. President

IIF Flows Alert: Pick-Up in Flows Loses Steam

October 20, 2015

The Flows Alert surge episode that began on October 9th continues, but appears to be tapering off (Chart 1; see here for the methodology). Over the pa

Draghi's Dashboard: The Elephant in the Room

October 20, 2015

When the ECB Governing Council meets Thursday, October 22, it will see sluggish inflation-the elephant in the room-as one reason to consider expanding

October 2015 Capital Markets Monitor Chartbook

October 20, 2015

Cross-asset: Amid growing expectations that U.S. rates will be on hold well into 2016, risk assets have headed nervously higher. But all eyes remain o

October 2015 Stress From Within: EM Capital Flows Chartbook

October 15, 2015

As highlighted in our most recent capital flows report issued on October 1, recent months have seen a major retrenchment of capital flows to emerging

Korea: Stabilizing Growth, Resilient Capital Flows

October 15, 2015

Growth is still slow, but some recent data suggest the economy may have begun to stabilize in the third quarter. The government is using fiscal stimul

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