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Emerging market economies, such as India, Turkey, Indonesia, LatAm economies which have been a darling of investors even after 2008/09 financial crisis led to cheaper capital access to these economies and its corporates, a trend that continued for more than half a decade at rapid speed. Now, with US Federal Reserve looking to raise borrowing costs and slowdown in China, led these economies and their corporates into greater chaos. We, in this series discuss the vulnerabilities of emerging market.

Emerging Market Crisis Series

As corruption scandals spread, Brazil struggles to uphold the rule of law

Sep 11, 2017 13:08 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

With the current president Michel Temer under suspicion and two former presidents, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Lula) and his successor Dilma Rousseff, now facing fresh corruption charges, Brazils political crisis is...

Emerging Market Crisis Series

Central bank case exposes incompetence of South Africa's public protector

Aug 22, 2017 15:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Law

The South African Reserve Bank has won a critical court battle. The Pretoria High Court has set aside a ruling by the countrys Public Protector that the central banks constitutional mandate should be changed. The...

Emerging Market Crisis Series

Death toll mounts in Rio de Janeiro as police lose control of the city -- and of themselves

Jul 18, 2017 13:53 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Life

On June 30, a baby was shot in his mothers belly in Rio de Janeiro. After the rifle fire hit 29-year-old Claudinéia in the hip in the Favela do Lixão neighbourhood, her son Arthur was delivered via emergency...

Emerging Market Crisis Series

Brazil plunges once more into political crisis, jeopardizing economic recovery

May 27, 2017 04:48 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

Brazils massive corruption scandal which has brought down dozens of politicians and business leaders has ensnared its latest victim: President Michel Temer, who got the job after his predecessor was...

Emerging Market Crisis Series

Moody's: Negative outlook on Korean banking system amid challenging operating environment, deteriorating asset quality

May 10, 2017 01:09 am UTC| Research & Analysis

Moodys Investors Service says that its negative outlook for the Korean banking system reflects its assessment that the overall creditworthiness of Korean banks will deteriorate over the next 12-18 months. Moodys outlook...

Emerging Market Crisis Series

The markets can stomach a captured Treasury but South Africa's poor will suffer

Apr 18, 2017 05:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

The formal economy might find it a lot easier to live with a (partly) captured national treasury than many might imagine. This is bad news for people living in poverty who would then lack friends in high places to resist...

Emerging Market Crisis Series

No need to despair even as the dream of South Africa feels like a nightmare

Apr 16, 2017 14:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics Economy

Like many, this Easter I feel that the dream of South Africa feels more like a nightmare. Personal interests, corruption, private gain, entitlement, a vicious contempt for the poor and the common good, a culture of blatant...

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Economy

Chinese economy needs to expand strongly in Q4 to achieve 7 pct growth, says ANZ

Given that the first and second quarter GDP growth of China was upwardly revised, the third quarter GDP growth expanded 6.8 percent year-on-year. The figure corresponds with a slower quarterly growth of 1.7 percent...

China activity growth likely to weaken in Q4 on slowdown in housing, credit impulse: DNB Markets

Chinas activity growth is expected to weaken during the fourth quarter of this year, owing to a slowdown in the housing market and a negative development in the credit impulse. The September data confirmed this view, with...

German bunds gain following weak risk appetite among investors

German bunds gained Thursday as investors poured into safe-haven assets while moving away from the riskier assets, including equities and crude oil. Also, the rising tensions between the United States and Iran amid Iraq...

Japanese bonds trade narrowly mixed in subdued trade; Kuroda’s speech in focus

Japanese bonds traded narrowly mixedThursdayfollowing weak results from the Bank of Japans bond buying operation and rising U.S. Treasury yields. Also, investors remained sidelined in any major trading activity amid lack...

New Zealand bonds close firm following weakness in U.S. Treasuries, coalition announcement in focus

New Zealand government bonds closed lowerThursdayfollowing weakness in the U.S. Treasuries; however, investors still remain cautious as the country waited for the outcome of government coalition negotiations. At the...

Politics

As China prepares for its Communist Party congress, what will it mean for the rest of the world?

Of Chinese President Xi Jinpings many achievements in his time in office about which much will be made in the official propaganda one of the most surprising was the more confident and assertive approach to foreign policy...

Las Vegas: the US is racked with impossible divisions over rights and freedoms

In the immediate aftermath of the October 2 Las Vegas massacre the USs 273rd mass shooting in 2017 alone it seems neither President Donald Trump nor his Republican colleagues will entertain a review of current gun...

Trump speaks at the UN: 5 takeaways

It is a short distance from Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue to the United Nations headquarters on First Avenue, but these are different worlds. Donald Trumps native world is one of unilateralism and competition, with more than...

Angela Merkel wins a fourth term in office – but it won't be an easy one

Angela Merkel will continue as chancellor of Germany. But following an election that saw the rise of smaller parties most notably the far right her fourth term will probably be an eventful one in ways she would not wish...

US under Trump Series: President Trump signs new travel ban with additional countries as old one expires

President Trump has signed a new executive order travel ban that was first initiated on the very first week after his inauguration and created quite a furore not only within the United States but around the world too. The...

Science

New Treatment For Blindness Gets FDA Panel Recommendation, First Of Its Kind

Providing hope to thousands of people suffering from hereditary blindness, advisers for the US Food and Drug Administration just gave a critical recommendation to a new type of treatment. Using gene therapy, the treatment...

VP Mike Pence Heads NASA’s Revived Moon Council, SpaceX To Do The Heavy Lifting

After months of hinting that a Lunar mission is in the works, US vice-president Mike Pence announced via The Wall Street Journal op-ed that NASA would be sending humans to the moon. The article was published just before...

Scientists Makes Hydrogen Fuel Production Cheaper With Seawater And New Nanomaterial

Solar and wind energy might be the renewable resources that are growing in popularity, but hydrogen fuel has proven to be incredibly reliable and powerful as well. Now, a University of Central Florida (UCF) scientist has...

Ikea Now Has Indoor Vertical Farm, Huge Potential For Solar Partnership

With the worlds climate constantly becoming hotter by the year, industries such as farming are going to experience massive problems such as drought and daylight heat thats too much for plants to handle. Thats why products...

Genome editing of human embryos broadens ethics discussions

For several years, scientists have experimented on human embryos with a powerful genome editing tool called CRISPR to see if they could correct genetic errors or reduce the risk of disease. In September, Kathy Niakan at...

Technology

Richard Branson Throws Shade At Elon Musk, Essentially Calls Him Mars-Obsessed

The private space industry is currently dominated by SpaceX, which is owned by Elon Musk, but it has competitors in the form of Richard Bransons Virgin Galactic and Jeff Bezos Blue Origin. Recently, Branson threw a jab at...

Tree-Planting Deserves As Much Attention As Renewable Energy, Study States

The current effort to fight climate change is reducing carbon emissions by increasing reliance on renewable energy and basically reducing the use of fossil fuel. However, a recent study suggests that the world should also...

Sony To Start Putting Games On The Switch, Just Indie Games Though

Active participants in the gaming community are well aware of how stubborn Sony can be when it comes to porting video games to other platforms, especially when it comes to PlayStation exclusives. A division of the Japanese...

Samsung Creates 8-Nanometer Chips, Partners With Qualcomm For Mass Production

Samsung has done it again. The South Korean company is set to start mass-producing 8-nanometer low power plus chips (LPP) with the help of Qualcomm. The chip offers improvements in power consumption and performance in key...

Facebook VP Comments On Russian Election Scandal, ‘Sometimes Bad Things Happen’

Facebook was used by Russia to compromise US democracy. This is an established fact that no amount of wishful thinking and denial on Mark Zuckerbergs part can change. In an effort to shine a more positive light on its...

Digital Currency

Former JP Morgan VP Dr Joseph Chen-Yu Wang joins blockchain startup Ambrosus

Mauritius-based SBM Group and SALT partner to collateralize blockchain assets

Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx adds support for USDT

Law

Uber can't be ethical – its business model won't allow it

Japan FSA approves 11 firms as cryptocurrency exchange operators

Three steps Congress could take to help resolve the net neutrality debate – without legislating a fix

Life

The new atheists are not atheist enough

The enduring power of print for learning in a digital world

The end of the world is coming – just not this Saturday

Nature

Fine-particulate pollution: can we trust microsensor readings?

How hurricanes such as Irma and Maria can devastate the Caribbean marine environment

Q&A: how cities can recover from natural disasters

Sports

The big money Mayweather-McGregor fight pits boxing against UFC in a battle of the brands

The English Premier League is experiencing a textbook case of hyperinflation

Nicotine in sports: high use but little evidence of effects on performance

Technical Analysis

FxWirePro: EUR/USD Trade Idea

FxWirePro: GBP/USD declines slightly after weaker UK retail sales, good to sell on rallies

FxWirePro: EUR/USD trades lower as Spain expects to trigger article 155, good to sell on rallies

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BOJ offers to buy 410 bln yen JGBs (Residual maturity of 5YR to 10YR) outright from 10/24

BOJ offers to buy 300 bln yen JGBs (Residual maturity of 3YR to 5YR) outright from 10/24

BOJ offers to buy 280 bln yen JGBs (Residual maturity of 1YR to 3YR) outright from 10/24

BOJ offers to buy Y 500 bln Treasury Discount Bills outright from 10/24

TAIWAN OVERNIGHT INTERBANK RATE OPENS AT 0.177 PCT (VS 0.177 PCT AT PREVIOUS SESSION OPEN)

TAIWAN STOCKS OPEN DOWN 0.2 PCT AT 10,737.87 POINTS

MOODY'S- FORECASTS THAT TAJIKISTAN'S GOVERNMENT DEBT WILL RISE TO ABOUT 55% OF GDP IN 2017-18

MOODY'S ON SOLOMON ISLAND- FORECASTS GOVERNMENT DEBT TO INCREASE TO ABOUT 12% OF GDP BY THE END OF 2018 FROM 10% IN 2017 TO FUND KEY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS‍

NZ SHORT TERM VISITORS +3.1 PCT IN SEPT VS YEAR AGO

NEW ZEALAND S/ADJ NET PERMANENT & LONG TERM VISITORS +5190 IN SEPT

BRITISH PM MAY CALLS ON EU LEADERS TO OFFER A DYNAMIC THAT "ENABLES US TO MOVE FORWARD"

BRITISH PM MAY SAYS CLEAR SENSE IN BREXIT TALKS THAT WE MUST WORK TOGETHER FOR AN OUTCOME WE CAN DEFEND TO OUR PEOPLE

BRITISH PM MAY SAYS EU, BRITAIN SHOULD BE OPTIMISTIC, AMBITIOUS ABOUT WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE IN BREXIT

BRUSSELS - BRITISH PM MAY TELLS EU LEADERS FUTURE TIES SHOULD BE BASED ON ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP THAT SETS RIGHTS, OBLIGATIONS IN NEW BALANCE

NEW ZEALAND'S BENCHMARK STOCK INDEX DOWN 1 PERCENT AFTER ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW NZ GOVERNMENT

CHILE CENTRAL BANK SAYS BENCHMARK INTEREST RATE UNCHANGED AT 2.5 PCT

EURO HITS SESSION HIGH VS DOLLAR, RISES TO $1.1858

BENCHMARK 10-YEAR JGB FUTURES OPEN UP 0.06 POINT

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