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Lebanon 2024 Household Goods Market: Unfavourable Economic Conditions Hinder International Brand Expansion

Consumer & Retail / Lebanon / Fri 09 Feb, 2024

Key View: In Lebanon, the market for household goods, furniture and home improvement is fragmented, with a relatively strong presence of regional players. Compared with the clothing segment, for instance, regional brands have a much smaller presence in this market and tend to be more at the upper-end segments. In the high-end household goods

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Consolidation Of Spanish Client Loans To Continue

Banking & Financial Services / Spain / Fri 09 Feb, 2024

Key View

  • The outlook for Spanish lending remains weak, albeit better than in 2023 as household borrowing will recover modestly.
  • Nonetheless, enduring weakness in both the household and corporate sectors will mean that lending will continue to contract in 2024.
  • The Spanish banking sector will likely remain profitable, well capitalised and
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Mexican Banking Sector Outlook Remains Strong

Banking & Financial Services / Mexico / Thu 08 Feb, 2024

Key View

  • We expect that Mexican bank lending growth will remain robust in 2024, slowing to just 10.5% on a y-o-y basis by year-end versus 13.5% as of December 2023.
  • Lending to the consumer in particular should remain strong through H124 thanks to tight labour conditions, with credit growth set to slow in line with economic activity over
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Quick View: Globalpharma and Tabuk Pharma Partnership Will Boost UAE’s Pharmaceutical Self-Sufficiency

Pharmaceuticals / United Arab Emirates / Thu 08 Feb, 2024

The Latest: On February 5 2024, two of the largest pharmaceutical companies within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, Saudi Arabia-based Tabuk Pharmaceuticals and UAE-based Globalpharma, owned by Dubai Investments, entered into an agreement to commence the local production of key pharmaceutical products in the UAE. This collaboration

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Weekly Commodities Strategy: Feed Grains Slide Over Weak Mainland Chinese Imports, Bumper Harvests In Latin America

Commodities / Global / Thu 08 Feb, 2024

Major feed grain markets have found themselves under significant pressure through 2024 YTD, with CBOT-listed second-month corn and soybean futures contracts both down 6.9% since the end of 2023 as of February 6 2024. On February 6 itself, corn prices closed at USc450 per bushel, their lowest level since December 2020, while on February 2

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Hong Kong, China: Less Drag From Net Exports In 2024

Country Risk / Hong Kong / Thu 08 Feb, 2024

Key View

  • We expect a resilient US economy to benefit services exports from Hong Kong, China in 2024, and we have revised up our 2024 GDP growth forecast from 1.0% to 1.5%.
  • However, growth in private consumption will slow, with a weak housing market weighing on household spending while tourist arrivals remain far below pre-Covid levels.
  • R
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India: Upside Risks To Policy Rate View From Red Sea Attacks

Country Risk / India / Thu 08 Feb, 2024

Key View

  • The RBI left policy settings unchanged, as we and the consensus had been expecting.
  • We still expect the Bank to begin easing at its next meeting in Q2 2024, but Houthi attacks in the Red Sea have introduced significant uncertainty.
  • We also maintain our call that the Bank will lower its policy rate to 5.5% by end-2024.

The

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