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Feb 04, 2012
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Central And Eastern Europe
Romania
Country to tap US market again this year
Finance minister: Cabinet does not plan to lower VAT for food
Opposition USL pledges support for precautionary agreement with IMF
Poland
Petrol and diesel prices ease in early Feb but remain high
PM Tusk says retirement age hike bill won't include PSL's ideas to water it down
Lewandowski says 2014-20 EU budget talks likely to finish in December
Czech Republic
Passenger cars sales surge 10.6% y/y to 12,921 in January
Survey-based unemployment rate inches down to 6.5% in Q4
Retail sales beat forecast with 1.6% y/y growth in December
Hungary
Budapest’s fourth metro line on most damaging EU project list
Number of bank branches declines in 2010-2011
Municipality could go to court over bond issue case
Slovakia
Current account surplus narrows in November
Russia
Rosneft US GAAP profit rises to USD 12.45bn in 2011
Inflation likely to reach 5.0-5.5% this year – EconMin
Natural gas deliveries for Europe are in line with contracts – Gazprom
Ukraine
Svenska Capital Oil AB to invest USD 230mn in gas extraction
Agri-producer Creativ attracts USD 150mn syndicated loan
Energy minister Boyko says Gazprom does not pump enough gas
Kazakhstan
KazMunaiGaz to receive USD 4bn loan from National Oil Fund
Samruk-Kazyna reports consolidated profit of KZT 594bn for 2011
Uranium production reaches 19,450 tons in 2011, slightly below forecasts
Turkey
Measures taken against recent gas shortage, no gas cut expected by officials
TRY 1.2bn additional revenues in January from tax amnesty – FinMin
Treasury reportedly gives mandate for Samurai bond issue
Bulgaria
Russian gas deliveries fall by more than 30%
Consumer confidence worsens by 2.2pps q/q in Q1
LSF-based unemployment rises to 11.4% in Q4
Croatia
Fitch to review Croatia's BBB- sovereign rating
Gazprom Neft expresses interest in acquiring OMV's stations in Croatia
Retail sales drop by real 0.4% y/y in December
Serbia
JAT Airways not to be sold to local businessmen -- Infrastructure Minister
Government inks USD 300mn loan with Azerbaijan
Government unlikely to amend budget to meet IMF demands before elections
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Gazprom Neft expresses interest in acquiring OMV's stations in Croatia
BiH upper house adopts laws on population census and state aid
EU's Lajcak urges more efforts in implementation of EU-related reforms
Estonia
Government approves ESM bill
Latvia
ESA95 budget deficit declines to 4% in 2011 - FinMin
Industrial output growth declines to 3.2% y/y in December
Natural gas prices may rise by some 10% - Latvijas Gaze CEO
Lithuania
Registered unemployment rate continues to climb in January
Belarus
Russian crude deliveries up five-fold in January, prices down
Georgia
CPI inflation slows to 0.5% y/y in January
Azerbaijan
SOCAR to place USD 500mn Eurobond on Feb 9
Azerbaijan lends USD 300mn to Serbia
Latin America
Brazil
HSBC: Activity in service sector in January grows at fastest pace since May
Central bank buys US dollars in forward market
Oil and gas production reaches a new record in 2011
Mexico
Banxico to act if price growth accelerates drastically - minutes
Producer’s confidence falls 3.3% y/y in January
Consumer confidence recovers rapidly in January, grows 2.57% m/m (sa)
Colombia
Aerocivil to invest COP 1.5bn in air navigation plan
Cement production grows by 7.4% y/y in December
Cardenas: Oil production grows by 12.0% y/y in January
Chile
Public sector reports surplus at 1.4% of GDP in 2011
Expatriates insist voting to be allowed abroad
Quinenco raises CLP 250bn in additional capital
Middle East and North Africa
Algeria
Djezzy valuation to be completed within days - FinMin
Egypt
Govt officially asks for USD 1bn World Bank loan
CBE keeps key rates on hold
Gulf Cooperation Council
KUWAIT: Opposition grabs 34 of 50 seats in new parliament
UAE: Dubai withdraws from Dubai Group's USD 10bn debt restructuring talks
KUWAIT: Elections see 62% voter turnout
Israel
Housing prices to start rising again - Bank Leumi
Globes consumer confidence index improves by 5.3pts in January
Morocco
Unemployment rate retreats 0.2pp to 8.9% in 2011
GDP growth slows to 4.7% y/y in Q4, to slow to 3.7% in Q1 - HCP estimate
Govt revises down GDP growth forecast to 4.2% for 2012 from 5.5%
Sub-Saharan Africa
Ivory Coast
UN mission briefs on its arms collection operation near Abidjan
Ghana and Ivory Coast to cooperate in cocoa production and marketing
Kenya
91-day T-bill yield declines by 11bps to 20.503%
Namibia
New building plans increase by 6.1% y/y in January, value increases by 32.8% y/y
Nigeria
President tells Brazilian investors gov’t plans to grant licences for refineries
Senate to investigate management of NGN 700bn pension fund
South Africa
Three-month T-bill yields increase marginally
Provisional financing data points to monthly deficit in January – Treasury
Vehicles sales may fall in 2012 - local consultancy
Tanzania
Dutch Minister applauds EAC economic growth
Uganda
Four commercial banks reduce lending rates
Gov't and Tullow sign deal that brings assets sale to Total and CNOOC closer
Zimbabwe
Five banks still face closure due to undercapitalization
Conference calendar
February 07, 2012
5th Russia & Eurasia Trade & Export Finance Conference, Feb 7, Moscow
February 29, 2012
The 22nd Annual Insuring Export Credit & Political Risk 29 Feb - 1 March 2012, London
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