During a recent business trip to São Paulo, when I asked a client about the deterioration of market sentiment in Brazil, he pulled his iPhone out of his pocket, opened his Facebook page and told me “just read through the…
Colombian Elections to Be Decided in Runoff, With Peace Talks Hanging in the Balance
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Colombia held first-round presidential elections in late May, and while Uribe-backed opposition candidate Óscar Iván Zuluaga came out ahead of incumbent President Juan Manuel Santos, neither candidate came close to garnering 50% of the vote,…
Myanmar: To Invest or Not to Invest, That is the Question
When we talk to executives who are thinking about expanding into Myanmar, many of their concerns seem to come down to the same thing: politics. There is a round of elections coming up in late 2015 that has the potential…
Brazil’s Government Bets on Decreasing Inflation
Trend Recent policy choices indicate that political considerations are being placed ahead of sound economic management The central bank’s decision to cut interest rates, despite high inflation and employment, and subsequent intervention to arrest the depreciation of the real has…