This week’s issue of includes:
Key Global and Regional Developments over the Past Week
- Bloomberg: US core inflation slows only a bit, keeping Fed on track to hike
- CNBC: IMF says U.S-China tensions could cost the world about 2% of its output
- Bloomberg: China, World Bank exploring solutions to debt-distress deadlock
- Reuters: Japan to channel 40% of IMF SDR allocation to needier countries, doubling pledge
Eye on Egypt
- Fitch Solutions: Egypt Country Risk Report
Special Analysis
- World Bank: Altered Destinies: The Long-Term Effects of Rising Prices and Food Insecurity in the Middle East and North Africa
Developments in Financial and Commodity Markets in the Past Week
- Reuters: Oil rises 2% on lower-than-expected US inflation data
- CNBC: European stocks close slightly higher after key U.S. inflation data
