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Emerging markets (EMs) have long been the darling of global investors. Rapid growth in the 2000s, particularly in the so-called BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa –drew...

There has been a flurry of central bank activity in recent weeks. The US Federal Reserve (Fed)has signalled its intention to carry out the third hike of the year at its upcoming December meeting; the...

In the first half of 2017, Turkey’s growth rebounded to 5.1% and optimism surrounding the economic outlook is strengthening. Turkey’s leading sentiment survey is at a four year high and...

Doha, 29 October 2017- QNB Group has published the Singapore Economic Insight 2017. The report examines recent developments and the outlook for the Singaporean economySingapore is a highly open...

The release of China’s Q3 GDP last week revealed growth of 6.8%, which will likely put full-year annual growth in the range of 6.8-6.9%. This is well above the 6.5% annual target set by the...

Oil prices have hovered around their highest levels of the year over the past few weeks, reaching a two-year high of USD59/b in late September. The bullish sentiment in the market reflects four major...

The US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) surprised markets two weeks ago when it maintained its projection for another rate hike in 2017 and three additional hikes in 2018. In contrast, the market...

The down trend in global trade since the financial crisis reached a bottom in mid-2016, but a recovery in 2017 is now firmly underway. Global trade growth averaged 1.4% in 2016 then rose to 4.1% year...

After a long downturn, capital flows to emerging markets (EMs) have rebounded strongly in the first eight months of 2017. A range of factors coincided to depress capital inflows in 2013-16, such as...

In late-August, the heads of the world’s major central banks gathered at the Jackson Hole Symposium in Wyoming, an annual forum for global economic policymakers and academics. Attracting the...

Japan is enjoying one of its longest growth streaks after decades of economic malaise. Earlier this month, the release of Q2 GDP data revealed that growth rose to 4.0% on a quarter over quarter...

2017 was supposed to be a challenging year for emerging markets (EMs). An accelerated pace of Fed tightening, protectionism and political risks were among the prospective hurdles EMs would have to...

One of the more surprising developments of 2017 has been the weakening of the US dollar. Since the start of the year, the greenback has declined by 5% against a basket of the world’s most traded...

Oil prices held up for most of the first half of 2017, averaging USD54/b up to the end of May following the agreement at the end of 2016 between OPEC and some major non-OPEC producers to restrict...

Worries about falling inflation have resurfaced. Despite improving labour markets and strong growth, core inflation in advanced economies remains benign. This apparent paradox has caused some to argue...

New data from BP (LON:BP) have provided a summary of the state of the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) market in 2016. The market remained oversupplied, but the extent of oversupply increased....