This week’s issue of includes:
Key Global and Regional Developments over the Past Week
- Bloomberg: Powell Says Further Rate Hikes Needed and Markets Take Heed
- Reuters: U.S. trade gap widens in December; deficit highest on record in 2022
- CNBC: China’s economy will grow 5% this year, Fitch Ratings says in upgraded forecast
- Bloomberg: India Raises Cost of Borrowing to 6.5% to Tame Inflation
Eye on Egypt
- Bloomberg: Egypt’s ‘Policy Mistake’ Disappoints Emerging-Market Investors
Special Analysis
- World Bank: The 2022 ID4D and G2Px Annual Report
Developments in Financial and Commodity Markets in the past week
- CNBC: European stocks higher after Fed Chair Powell’s comments; FTSE hits record high
- Bloomberg: Asia Stocks Face Declines as Wall Street Sells Off
