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Weekly Insight: Dodging Bullets

Battered markets seek respite Beijing shifts into high gear Greece-a last minute compromise Oil price drop Brazil - ' political strain raises economic

IIF Dispatch: Update on Puerto Rico

Anxiety about Puerto Rico's debt mounted early last week when the governor publicly stated that the commonwealth's debts-amounting to $72 billion held

IIF Dispatch: Update from Brazil

Heightened political uncertainty is raising adjustment costs and downside risks of policy realignment.' Political uncertainty has increased in the l

IIF July Global Regulatory Update

This month's IIF Global Regulatory Update provides updates on current work streams in regulatory capital, liquidity, data requirements, accounting, di

IIF Response to IOSCO 'Alternatives to the Use of Credit Ratings'

The IIF responded on July 8 to the work of IOSCO aimed at examining the reliance of credit ratings by large market intermediaries, and at identifying

Beijing Shifts into Higher Gear: Assessing the Macro and Market Impact of the Stock Market's Fall

Stock market bubbles rarely deflate gradually. In our last China Spotlight , we focused on the drivers of the rally and the ongoing selloff. This piec

Ukraine: Fragile Economy Amid Debt Restructuring Talks

After sinking 6% in a single quarter of 2015Q1, the Ukrainian economy has probably bottomed out in the second quarter with real GDP 20% below its peak

June 2015 EM Coincident Indicator

The IIF EM Coincident Indicator rose to 2.7% in June, up by 0.5pp relative to May and 0.7pp relative to March (Chart 1). The EMCI June reading indicat

IIF SAG comments on Basel Guidance on Accounting for ECL

The IIF SAG further comments on the Guidance on Accounting for ECL following its highly productive meeting with the Basel Accounting Expert Group.' Se

IIF Dispatch: Update from Morocco

Discussions during our recent visit to Morocco highlighted improving short-term macroeconomic performance.' At the same time, we heard increasing wor

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