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Country Report Argentina
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 28The government has announced that it is to reimburse export taxes on wheat to farmers in an attempt to boost the area sown. In 2012 just 3.2m hectares was sown with wheat-a decrease of 32% on 2011,... -
Country Report Bulgaria
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 26The pre-term parliamentary election on May 12th has produced an inconclusive result, with neither the centre-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (CEDB) nor the Bulgarian Socialist Party... -
Country Report New Zealand
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 23The latest opinion poll suggests that the National Party-led government, which is halfway through its second term in office, has more than recovered the ground lost following a series of setbacks. An... -
Country Report Hungary
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 27Hungary's government has announced spending cuts totalling 0.3% of GDP for both this year and 2014, with the aim of convincing the EU to end its excessive deficit procedure (EDP) against the country.... -
Country Report El Salvador
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 48The Indice de Volumen de Producción Industrial (IVOPI, the index of industrial production) rose by just 1% year on year during the first quarter of 2013. Although still low compared to 2012 levels,... -
Country Report Pakistan
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 25Pakistan held nationwide parliamentary and provincial elections on May 11th. Turnout was high despite threats of violence in the run-up to the vote. Vote counting is still ongoing, but Pakistan's... -
Country Report Canada
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 27On May 15th Canada takes over the two-year rotating chairmanship of the Arctic Council, the group through which eight Arctic countries coordinate policy and research. Canada's militaristic rhetoric... -
Country Report Uganda
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 24In a statement to parliament on May 9th, the defence minister, Crispus Kiyonga, denied an allegation made by General David "Tinyefuza" Sejusa that there is a plan to ensure that the son of the president,... -
Country Report Brazil
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 22On May 8th Brazil reopened its global 2023 bond and issued US$750m at a low yield of 2.75%, although this was slightly higher than that achieved in September 2012 (2.68%). The low yield was not unexpected,... -
Country Report Jamaica
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 24The Jamaican government is beginning to review levels of employment and salaries in order to reduce the public-sector wage bill to no more than 9% of GDP by fiscal year 2015/16 (April-March) from 10.9%... -
Country Report Sri Lanka
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 20Following its monetary policy meeting on May 9th, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) announced that it had sanctioned a 50-basis-point cut to its main policy interest rates. The repurchase (repo)... -
Country Report Mexico
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 29On May 8th the peso broke through the Ps12:US$1 threshold for the first time since 2011, raising concerns that the country's exchange-rate competitiveness may be slowly eroding. The sudden strengthening... -
Country Report Qatar
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 24A state-owned company, Qatar Petroleum, has announced that it plans to list four subsidiaries on the Qatar Exchange, the local stockmarket. The announcement from Qatar Petroleum is in line with government... -
Country Report Oman
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 23Loans to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) must account for at least 5% of lending by commercial banks by December 2014, according to a recently released circular by the Central Bank of Oman... -
Country Report Tanzania
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 25The government's latest proposal to solve the long-standing dispute over the 4,000‑sq‑km Loliondo Game Controlled Area (GCA) has been criticised by members of the ruling party, Chama Cha... -
Country Report Guinea-Bissau
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 22The IMF, following a visit to the country in the context of the annual Article IV consultations, has underlined the fragile state of the economy. Divisions between the legislature and executive following... -
Country Report Cameroon
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 26On May 8th the president, Paul Biya, appointed Cameroon's 30 remaining senators, ending speculation surrounding his choices and paving the way for the upper house's first-ever session, due on May 14th. The... -
Country Report Spain
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 27The industrial production index compiled by the National Statistics Institute (INE) fell by 9.8% year on year in March, compared with a 9% contraction in February. The downturn was broad-based, affecting... -
Country Report Hong Kong
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 28Figures published on May 10th by Hong Kong's Census and Statistics Department show that the territory's economy expanded by 2.8% year on year in the first quarter, unchanged from the revised figure... -
Country Report Malaysia
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 20The monetary policy committee (MPC) of Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM, the central bank) left the benchmark interest rate, the overnight policy rate (OPR), unchanged at 3% on May 9th. The decision to keep... -
Country Report Peru
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 29Peru's poverty rate continued to fall in 2012, dipping by 2 percentage points to 25.8%, according to the latest data released by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI, the national... -
Country Report Rwanda
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 25Robert Mathu, the executive director of Rwanda's Capital Market Authority, has said that he expects initial public offerings (IPOs) for Banque Commerciale du Rwanda (BCR) and RwandAir in 2013‑14. The... -
Country Report Nigeria
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 25Nigeria's economy grew by an estimated 6.6% year on year in the first quarter of 2013, down from 7.1% in the preceding quarter, according to the Economic Report, produced by the Central Bank of Nigeria... -
Country Report Guatemala
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 24Roxana Baldetti, the vice-president of Guatemala, travelled to Venezuela in early May with the aim of seeking Guatemala's full membership of PetroCaribe, the preferential oil-financing programme created... -
Country Report The Gambia
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 22The Central Bank of The Gambia raised the policy rate-the rediscount rate-by two percentage points to 14% at the monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting on May 7th. The Central Bank raised rates in... -
Country Report Colombia
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 26The president, Juan Manuel Santos, remains committed to the peace negotiations with the leftist Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) guerrillas, even at the risk of taking unpopular positions,... -
Country Report Zimbabwe
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 25In early May the government held a series of public consultation meetings to discuss proposed new mining policies. The draft policy refers repeatedly to the need for "equity" and "equitable arrangements",... -
Country Report Philippines
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 24Consumer price inflation moderated to 2.6% year on year in April, from 3.2% in March, according to data released by the National Statistics Office on May 7th. Consumer price inflation eased to a 13-month... -
Country Report Sudan
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 24On May 9th South Sudan's president, Salva Kiir, accused Sudan of killing a Dinka chief in the disputed border area of Abyei. The paramount Ngok Dinka tribal chief in Abyei, Kuol Deng Kuol, was killed... -
Country Report China
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 28Details emerged on May 9th of plans by the EU to impose tariffs averaging 47.6% on imports of solar panels from China. Media reports quoting an unnamed EU commerce minister suggested that the European... -
Country Report Nepal
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 22On May 5th the foreign donor community decisively reiterated its reluctance to fund the creation of commissions to investigate local human rights abuses. The establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation... -
Country Report Botswana
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 24The government-owned Okavango Diamond Trading Company is to conduct its first sale of rough diamonds in June, with regular sales to be held from September. The sale will be a significant step towards... -
Country Report Malawi
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 26According to the Ministry of Economic Planning and Development, the economy grew by 1.8% in 2012, slightly ahead of the official projection of a 1.4% expansion. With detailed national accounts data... -
Country Report United Kingdom
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 30The issue of immigration has risen up the political agenda, as a weak labour market combined with housing shortages and cuts in public services and welfare benefits have focused popular attention on... -
Country Report Iraq
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 25The Iraqi prime minister, Nouri al‑Maliki, has told a Saudi-owned newspaper of his desire to improve relations with Saudi Arabia. In an interview with a London-based newspaper, Al Hayat, the... -
Country Report Saudi Arabia
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 24The Iraqi prime minister, Nouri al‑Maliki, has told a Saudi-owned newspaper of his desire to improve relations with Saudi Arabia. In an interview with a London-based newspaper, Al Hayat, the... -
Country Report South Africa
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 28South Africa and Nigeria are Africa's two largest economies, but their relationship has been characterised by mistrust and competition for influence over the past two decades. They have significant... -
Country Report Germany
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 30The value of German goods exports (seasonally and calendar-adjusted) edged higher by 0.5% month on month in March, while the import bill rose by 0.8%. Over the first three months of 2013, the trade... -
Country Report Portugal
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 28The unemployment rate climbed sharply during the first quarter of 2013, hitting a record 17.7% (seasonally unadjusted), according to Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE, the national statistics office).... -
Country Report Uruguay
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 28On May 6th the directorate of the Partido Nacional (also known as the Blancos) formally agreed to a proposal made a year ago by Uruguay's other traditional party, the Partido Colorado (known as the... -
Country Report Russia
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 28On March 8th Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, accepted the resignation of Vladislav Surkov as deputy prime minister. The departure is a further sign of a tilt in favour of a conservative policy course... -
Country Report Serbia
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 27On May 6th the Ministry of Finance officially proclaimed the end of recession, with the announcement that real GDP had grown by 1.9% year on year in the first quarter of 2013. If this figure were maintained... -
Country Report Yemen
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 25A new government body, the Executive Bureau for the Acceleration of Aid Absorption (EBAAA), set up in February to spend US$8.1bn of aid pledged to Yemen, remains without a managing director after the... -
Country Report Chad
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 25In a television interview Chad's president, Idriss Déby, alleged that Chadian rebels were organising themselves in camps in the Benghazi region of Libya. Mr Déby has called on the Libyan government... -
Country Report Somalia
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 17An international conference on Somalia has seen donors commit to providing more than US$300m in assistance to the country's transitional federal government over the next few years. The aid was pledged... -
Country Report Bangladesh
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 24Merchandise exports rose by 10% year on year to US$2.1bn in April, according to data published by the Export Promotion Bureau. The performance of clothing exports is being watched closely since the... -
Country Report Taiwan
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 25A fisherman from Taiwan was shot dead by a Philippine coastguard vessel on May 9th while his ship was operating in waters in which the exclusive economic zones (EEZ) of both countries overlap. The... -
Country Report Thailand
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 25Thailand's government is trying to revive troubled peace talks with insurgents in the country's three Muslim-majority southern provinces by considering revoking arrest warrants for suspected insurgents. So... -
Country Report Finland
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 27Figures published by Statistics Finland show industrial output fell by 0.3% year on year in March (working-day adjusted), following a 5.2% decline in February. Moreover, new orders in the manufacturing... -
Country Report Poland
The Economist Intelligence Unit, May 2013 , Pages: 21The central bank's monetary policy council (MPC) cut official interest rates by 25 basis points at its monthly policy meeting on May 7th-8th. As a result, the key intervention rate now stands at 3%,...
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