Publications

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

Weekly Insight: Hope and Uncertainty

October 15, 2015

Flows Alert-dovish Fed helps EM flow pick-up EM FX borrowing-a look at potential asset-liability mismatches Korea-hoping for better 1.' Caut

Turkey: Anxious Times

October 14, 2015

There is significant uncertainty around the outcome of repeat elections on November 1. Recent polls point to a similar split result to the June electi

IIF Flows Alert: Dovish Fed Helps EM Flow Pick-Up

October 14, 2015

Our measure of daily portfolio flows to emerging markets has turned up sharply over the past week , with the 7-day moving average reaching its highest

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