Oxford Analytica Headlines for Today
- JAPAN: Economy rebounds but reforms must keep momentumJapan's first-quarter (January-March) 2013 economic data were released yesterday. […]
- UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Dubai can sustain modest growthDubai's benchmark stock index rose to its highest level since October 2009 on May 14, amid rising investor confidence over the outlook for debt restructuring and the property market. […]
- MEXICO: Local vote will test the PRI and oppositionFourteen Mexican states will hold elections for municipal governments and/or state legislators on July 7. […]
- INTERNATIONAL: Coal markets face policy crossroadsLast week carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere measured by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) at the Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii reached 400 parts per million for the first time. This has sparked renewed concerns over the role of fossil fuels -- especially highly pollutant and widely used coal -- in climate change. […]
- UGANDA: Government counts on infrastructure-led growthUganda's growth strategy. […]
- RUSSIA: Investment shift will politicise wealth fundRisks embedded in the changing strategy of Russia's National Wealth Fund. […]
- LIBYA: Political Isolation Law to have limited impactThe significance and implications of the Political Isolation Law. […]
- POLAND: Troubled Tusk may yet cling on until 2015Outlook for the Tusk government. […]