US urban housing prices may stifle consumption growth

The rise in rental costs in job-generating cities will have considerable knock-on economic effects

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Myanmar student protests will affect elections

The government's ability to resolve student protests may be derailed by unilateral military or police action

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Xi's government has new plans to centralise control of university education and bring the intelligentsia into line

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A skills shortage remains one of the main bottlenecks of Islamic finance

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Vazquez will seek to impose his economic agenda despite a disgruntled left and a weakening outlook for growth

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Lower commodity prices will bring fiscal pressures that threaten to reverse modest progress on poverty

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Labour, education and telecoms reforms provide a mixed picture, with implementation a continuing concern

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Speculation over the position of the military will rise, though popular sentiment is focused above all on empty shelves

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Neither Turkey nor the EU wishes to close down the country's accession bid altogether

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Abreu's pro-agribusiness stance will increase frictions with colleagues and traditional Workers' Party supporters

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