... investment mining policy protest Metals & mining PERU: Finance Minister Jose Arista told Reuters yesterday that the government planned to issue up to three sovereign bonds this year, in a bid to reduce a fiscal deficit that reached a three-decade high of 3.6% of GDP last year. Arista did...

... fishing government growth natural disasters investment PHILIPPINES: The Philippine Statistics Authority reported today that GDP grew by 5.6% in 2024, faster than the 5.5% registered in 2023 but slower than the 6.0-6.5% the government targeted. It said construction, which expanded by 10.3...

.../NAF economy politics social aid debt employment fiscal foreign trade government growth investment prices private sector remittances tourism People queue in front of a bakery selling subsidised bread in Tunis (Hasna/AFP/Getty Images) Tunisia's 2025 budget increases...

... foreign investment government growth investment monetary EGYPT: Egypt yesterday issued an USD2bn bond in two tranches. The first, an USD1.25bn five-year bond, had a yield of 8.625%, and the second, an USD750mn eight-year bond, had a yield of 9.45%. According to reports, the issuance...

... investment foreign policy foreign trade investment policy security technology politics finance legislation TAIWAN: Taiwan's economy ministry today said the semiconductor business between Taiwan and the United States is a "win-win" model for both sides given a high level of complementarity...

...Oxford Analytica Significance Muscat is intensifying efforts to develop the mining and minerals sector as part of its Vision 2040 economic development and diversification strategy. MDO, under the auspices of the Oman Investment Authority (OIA, the sovereign wealth fund), is actively seeking...

... foreign investment investment property technology A shopper in a Walmart store in Chongqing ahead of the Lunar New Year (Cheng Xin/Getty Images) Retail sales growth accelerated to 3.7% year-on-year in December, from 3.0% in November, bringing the annual expansion to 3.5% compared...

... Rabat will install the requisite infrastructure to help move privately led production projects to final investment decisions. The slow development of the global green hydrogen industry could delay investor commitments and project execution. Tighter diplomatic ties with France will boost...

...Oxford Analytica Significance The timing of the auction coincides with the approval of oil major Shell’s sale of its onshore assets to a local consortium. Shell has also announced that it had reached a final investment decision on a new deepwater project with an estimated 300 million barrels...

... adverse economic impacts via consumption and investment. The lowest-paid workers’ real wages have outgrown those of other workers in the last decade but Trump’s policy plans risk reversing this. © Oxford Analytica 2025. All rights reserved. This content contains general information about geopolitical...

... fiscal foreign investment foreign trade growth monetary policy property industry international relations food health investment retail services technology tourism Workers from Chinese electric vehicle firm NIO performing quality control inspections on the production line at a site...

... corruption foreign investment government investment sanctions LIBYA: In a statement issued yesterday, the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) welcomed the decision made a day earlier by the Belgian courts to lift the seizure imposed on assets owned by LIA and the Libyan Foreign Investment Company...

... politics defence fiscal foreign policy government growth investment opposition policy security Aerospace & defence ESTONIA: "The security situation is serious", Prime Minister Kristen Michal told Estonia's public broadcaster yesterday, defending his decision a day earlier...

... foreign investment foreign policy foreign trade government investment policy private sector sanctions economy industry technology CHINA/UNITED STATES: An American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in China annual survey released today showed 51% of 368 member companies identifying elevated...

... industry international relations politics social automobile foreign investment foreign trade government investment manufacturing metals natural resources private sector public sector regional technology transport Metals & mining Auto parts Automobiles A Volkswagen...

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... gas investment Fossil fuels ARGENTINA: A Reuters report today noted that Argentina recorded its largest energy trade surplus in 18 years in 2024, with imports worth just over USD4.0bn (down 49.4% year-on-year) and exports reaching nearly USD9.7bn (up 22.3%). Chile was the main...

... or have checked for accuracy the contents of said sites. 2025 South Korea AP economy fiscal foreign investment foreign trade growth investment monetary policy foreign policy government judicial legislation opposition party private sector technology politics Bank...

... international relations foreign policy foreign trade agriculture investment manufacturing ARGENTINA: Argentina recorded a record trade surplus of USD18.9bn in 2024, according to the statistics agency yesterday, with total exports of around USD79.7bn and imports of just over USD60.8bn. This followed...

...Oxford Analytica Significance Key drivers included exports, which grew by 14.3%, and investment, which grew by 7.5%. The government officially targets 6.5-7.0% GDP growth in 2025, but Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said last month that Vietnam should aim for at least 8.0%, if not double-digit...