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Country Report Papua New Guinea
The prime minister of Papua new Guinea (PNG), Peter O'Neill, said in mid-June that he is prepared to offer assistance to a besieged mineral miner, Newcrest, after it announced an asset write-down of...
June
2013
EUR 233USD 305GBP 197AUD 325JPY 29,870SEK 2 020CHF 287CAD 317
Country Report Timor-Leste
The Timorese government has reasserted its belief that its Australian counterpart bugged its offices during gas-treaty negotiations in 2004.
The terms of the treaties signed between Timor-Leste and...
June
2013
EUR 233USD 305GBP 197AUD 325JPY 29,870SEK 2 020CHF 287CAD 317
Country Report Hong Kong
An American intelligence specialist, Edward Snowden, recently chose to base himself in Hong Kong after revealing purportedly top-secret information about US intelligence-gathering.
Mr Snowden's...
June
2013
EUR 233USD 305GBP 197AUD 325JPY 29,870SEK 2 020CHF 287CAD 317
Country Report Thailand
The cost of Thailand's rice-price support programme is beginning to weigh heavily on both its international reputation and the credibility of its ruling party, Puea Thai. Given that global grain prices...
June
2013
EUR 233USD 305GBP 197AUD 325JPY 29,870SEK 2 020CHF 287CAD 317
Country Report Zimbabwe
The president, Robert Mugabe, announced on June 13th that presidential and parliamentary elections will be held on July 31st.
In bypassing parliament to set July 31st as polling day the 89-year-old...
June
2013
EUR 233USD 305GBP 197AUD 325JPY 29,870SEK 2 020CHF 287CAD 317
Country Report Germany
Ask most people to name a country well-endowed with sunshine and their reply is unlikely to be Germany. Yet, despite its cloudiness, the country leads the way in solar power, with around one-third of...
June
2013
EUR 233USD 305GBP 197AUD 325JPY 29,870SEK 2 020CHF 287CAD 317
Country Report Malaysia
Opposition members of parliament (MPs) have been warned by the speaker of the lower house, Pandikar Amin Mulia, that they would face disqualification should they boycott the swearing-in ceremony on...
June
2013
EUR 233USD 305GBP 197AUD 325JPY 29,870SEK 2 020CHF 287CAD 317
Country Report United Arab Emirates
The business climate index for Abu Dhabi picked up slightly in the first quarter.
The improvement in the index released by the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED) was marginal, but...
June
2013
EUR 233USD 305GBP 197AUD 325JPY 29,870SEK 2 020CHF 287CAD 317
Country Report Bangladesh
On June 6th the government presented its budget for fiscal year 2013/14 (July-June). Given the country's numerous challenges, such as energy shortages and poor transport infrastructure, it was unsurprising...
June
2013
EUR 233USD 305GBP 197AUD 325JPY 29,870SEK 2 020CHF 287CAD 317
Country Report Serbia
On June 6th the central bank unexpectedly shaved another 25 basis points from the benchmark two-week repo rate, which now stands at 11%, following a 50 basis point cut on May 14th.
For the second...
June
2013
EUR 233USD 305GBP 197AUD 325JPY 29,870SEK 2 020CHF 287CAD 317
Country Report Italy
The centre-left's better than expected performance in recent local elections and squabbling within the protest movement, Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S), which rocked Italy's political establishment by winning...
June
2013
EUR 233USD 305GBP 197AUD 325JPY 29,870SEK 2 020CHF 287CAD 317
Country Report Ghana
Inflation accelerated for the fourth consecutive month in May-to 10.9% year on year from 10.6% in April-and is now at its highest level for three years.
The breakdown provided by the Ghana Statistical...
June
2013
EUR 233USD 305GBP 197AUD 325JPY 29,870SEK 2 020CHF 287CAD 317
Country Report Lithuania
On June 11th the shareholders of Lietuvos Dujos, Lithuania's national gas company, formally agreed to unbundle its gas transmission network into a separate company, Amber Grid.
The separation of...
June
2013
EUR 233USD 305GBP 197AUD 325JPY 29,870SEK 2 020CHF 287CAD 317
Country Report Morocco
An early June visit to Morocco by the Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has been overshadowed by developments in Turkey and by the absence of King Mohammed VI, who was said to be on a private...
June
2013
EUR 233USD 305GBP 197AUD 325JPY 29,870SEK 2 020CHF 287CAD 317
Country Report Comoros
Comoros has obtained debt relief from the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and Kuwait, following its attainment of completion point under the heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) initiative in December...
June
2013
EUR 233USD 305GBP 197AUD 325JPY 29,870SEK 2 020CHF 287CAD 317
Country Report Bahamas
With US tourism demand muted, and stiff competition from rival destinations, first-quarter 2013 stopover arrivals for the Bahamas fell by 10% year on year, according to the Caribbean Tourism Organisation...
June
2013
EUR 233USD 305GBP 197AUD 325JPY 29,870SEK 2 020CHF 287CAD 317
Country Report South Africa
Performance in two key sectors was divergent in April, according to data released on June 11th. Manufacturing grew by a robust 7% year on year, but mining contracted by 0.4%.
Growth in manufacturing...
June
2013
EUR 233USD 305GBP 197AUD 325JPY 29,870SEK 2 020CHF 287CAD 317
Country Report Indonesia
On June 13th Bank Indonesia (BI, the central bank) raised its main policy interest rate, the BI rate, by 25 basis points to 6%. In a statement, the bank's board of governors said that the rate rise...
June
2013
EUR 233USD 305GBP 197AUD 325JPY 29,870SEK 2 020CHF 287CAD 317
Country Report Slovenia
Industrial output contracted by 1.1% year on year in April (working-day adjusted), according to preliminary data issued by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia.
Although less steep...
June
2013
EUR 233USD 305GBP 197AUD 325JPY 29,870SEK 2 020CHF 287CAD 317
Country Report Albania
Albanians go to the polls on June 23rd in a parliamentary election that will determine not only the shape of the next government but also the pace of the Balkan country's European integration. If international...
June
2013
EUR 233USD 305GBP 197AUD 325JPY 29,870SEK 2 020CHF 287CAD 317
