Peru
Peru’s bond issuance between January and August 2025 reached PEN 52.8 bln (USD 14.5 bln), equal to 4.6% of GDP, according to the finance ministry.
August 29, 2025
Peru’s bond issuance between January and August 2025 reached PEN 52.8 bln (USD 14.5 bln), equal to 4.6% of GDP, according to the finance ministry.
Colombia’s 2061 bonds rallied more than 3 cents to nearly 60 cents on the dollar, the highest since September 2024, after a group of major
Brazil’s President Lula saw his approval slip to 48% in August, down two points from July, while polls showed him trailing Sao Paulo Governor Tarcisio
Zambia’s inflation eased to 12.6% in August from 13% in July, the lowest in almost two years, helped by currency strength reducing import costs. Food
Tanzania’s electoral commission disqualified the presidential candidate of the second-largest opposition party from October elections, leaving President Samia Suluhu Hassan to face smaller rivals. Hassan
Mozambique signed a USD 20 bln strategic agreement with Qatari group Al Mansour Holding, to be invested across agriculture, energy, infrastructure, health, education, and tourism.
Egypt cut rates by 200 bps, lowering the benchmark deposit rate to 22% and lending rate to 23%, its first reduction since May. The central
Kazakhstan confirmed that crude exports via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline were halted this month due to contamination in Azerbaijani oil, and said talks are underway to
Bosnia’s electoral commission has scheduled a presidential election in Republika Srpska for November, to replaced banned RS leader Milorad Dodik, who was removed for defying
Russian strikes on Kyiv, Ukraine, killed at least 18 people and injured dozens more in one of the largest attacks this year, despite US and
Vietnam’s decision to liberalize its gold market could help slow dong depreciation, MUFG said. Analyst Michael Wan noted the local premium over global gold prices
Thailand’s bond rally is expected to lose momentum as most rate cuts are already priced in, according to Aberdeen. The 10-year yield has dropped to
Sri Lanka’s central bank repaid USD 900 mln to the RBI and USD 209 mln to the IMF in the year to March 2025, official
Guatemala’s monetary authority cut its benchmark rate by 25 bps to 4.25%, citing inflation below the 3%-5% target band and subdued forecasts. Officials revised 2025
Brazil’s real weakened past 5.44 per USD as inflation pressures and a stronger dollar hit EM currencies. Mid-August inflation came in at 4.95% YoY, above
Argentina’s government is defending the peso ahead of a debt auction to refinance ARS 9 tln in maturities. Authorities are selling peso notes and dollar-linked
Nigeria’s national oil company NNPC reported that pipeline theft has been nearly eradicated, with receipts approaching 100% and oil output rising to 1.8 mbpd, the
Kenya is negotiating new borrowing from the Trade and Development Bank to refinance a KES 51.6 bln (USD 400 mln) syndicated loan maturing next month.
Jordan will receive EUR 500 mln (USD 581 mln) in macro-financial assistance from the EU over 2.5 years, part of a EUR 3 bln partnership
Ghana’s central bank scaled back its dollar sales after IMF concerns over excessive FX intervention. The bank had injected more than USD 2 bln into
UAE and Angola signed a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) aimed at raising non-oil trade above USD 10 bln annually by 2033, while adding USD
The US Treasury has postponed sanctions on Serbia’s Gazprom Neft–owned oil company NIS for another month, marking the sixth extension, while Serbian officials stress stable
Germany, France, and Poland used a visit to Moldova to back President Maia Sandu and warn against rising pro-Russian influence in next month’s elections, stressing
Pakistan’s central bank purchased USD 7.76 bln from the FX market between June 2024 and May 2025 to stabilize reserves and the exchange rate. Interventions
India’s rupee stabilized near 87.61 per USD on Thursday after five consecutive sessions of losses, supported by suspected RBI dollar sales and a softer greenback.
India’s refiners, among the largest buyers of Russian crude, are planning to reduce purchases to 1.4–1.6 mln bpd from October, down from 1.8 mln bpd
Bolivia’s natural gas production continued its multi-year decline, falling 17% YoY in H1 2025 to 5.1 bcm. Exports dropped sharply from 9 mln tons in
Uganda recorded a July 2025 budget deficit of UGX 1.46 tln, below the UGX 1.66 tln projection, according to finance ministry data. Revenues and grants
South Africa’s Airports Company (ACSA) announced plans to spend 21.7 bln rand on infrastructure in the next 12 months, funding half via capital reserves and
Nigeria is finalizing reforms to increase pension fund investment in infrastructure and private equity from the current 5%, according to the National Pension Commission. A