Russia
Economy
A confluence of negative domestic and foreign political developments alongside weakening global energy prices has impacted the short-term outlook for Russian financial markets across...
2008-08-20Economy
Russian local debt and money markets continue to look weak after the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) further tightened monetary conditions by announcing across-the-board 50bps hikes...
2008-08-19Economy
The benchmark Russian RTS equity index (RTSI) has continued its downtrend, hitting our short-term target of 1,725 on August 11. Recent downside momentum owing to tightening local...
2008-08-11Economy
The benchmark Russian RTS equity index has hit our short-term downside target of 1,870, at one point trading at 1,836 on August 5. Having breached a short term support level at 1,870,...
2008-08-05Economy
The benchmark Russian RTS equity index has sold off 15.2% in the last two months and is now trading close to a key trendline support level at 2,100, at one point trading at 2,125...
2008-07-23Economy
The macroeconomic challenges we highlighted in our last quarterly Emerging Europe sovereign risk ratings update have escalated further in the second quarter, with little sign of easing...
2008-07-17Economy
Several US dollar pegs have been broken in the CIS recently, which we believe signals significant further upside for many of the region's currencies over the medium term.
2008-06-25Economy
The Ukrainian 5-Year Credit Default Swap (CDS) is looking decidedly precarious, having risen by 58bps since May 30 to at one point reach 347bps on June 19 - a level last seen in...
2008-06-19
