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Cyprus's 2021 budget targets a wider deficit than we had previously expected, but fiscal performance should still be strong relative to regional and ratings peers,...

The recent global rally in steel prices will be short-lived, Fitch Ratings says, with prices starting to decline towards the end of 1Q21 as steelmaking...

In 1832, the great cholera pandemic hit Paris. In just a few months, the disease killed 20,000 of the city’s 650,000 population. Most fatalities occurred...

African countries want to trade more with their partners on the continent – through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement that launched operations...

Global foreign investment plummeted to historic lows in 2020 as Covid-19 forced investors to push the brakes on expansion plans.  Foreign investment projects worth an...

The Covid-19 pandemic weakened German states' fiscal performance in 2020 and revenues may not return to pre-pandemic levels until 2022, Fitch Ratings says. Weaker fiscal...

High-cost consumer lenders and debt purchasers face additional "customer welfare" risk to their business models due to increasing regulatory focus on consumer protection amid the...

Congratulations to Dr. Ernest Addison on his reappointment by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BOG). By my overall...

The de-leveraging by U.S. consumers since the emergence of the pandemic has resulted in sharp declines in U.S. credit card debt, which bodes well for...

Brazil's large deficit and high public debt burden underscore its continuing fiscal challenges notwithstanding last year's somewhat better-than-expected performance, Fitch Ratings says. With general elections...