To answer these questions, we surveyed 900 individuals across 14 emerging markets... Two-thirds of our respondents access social media at least daily; very few emerging market adults are not plugged into their social media accounts. Indonesia: Ride-h...

Brazil: The Lower House began an analysis of changes to the ICMS tax on fuels on Wednesday. The bill being discussed proposes fixed values to the ICMS tax on fuels. This occurred despite a falling USD through the session, reflecting just how importan...

Brazil: The IMF noted yesterday that inflation risks are now skewed to the upside over the near term. Emerging market economies may, however, continue to face elevated inflation through next year, with the aggregate estimate at 5.5% for this year and...

Next MPC meeting: Oct 27, 2021. Current policy rate: 6.25%. EmergingMarketWatch forecast: 100-bp hike (to 7.25%).

It is a big day in terms of economic data. This is reflected by the elevated inflation expectations and market bets for more aggressive rate hikes than have been communicated by the central bank. The USD is trading in a non-comital manner ahead of th...

Monday's global six-hour outage at Facebook, and its associated platforms Instagram and WhatsApp, has thrown the spotlight on the important role the company plays in the day-to-day lives of its customers. Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were the thr...