Earlier this year, Trinidad and Tobago was looking relatively resistant to the worst effects of the coronavirus pandemic. However, given that oil and tourism are two of the main contributors to GDP – with a 45% and 7.6% share, respectively, in 2018 – T&T is beginning to feel the economic pinch. In response, policymakers have deployed a variety of fiscal and monetary policy tools, supported by the country's banks.
To assist the government’s financial response to the coronavirus pandemic, Indonesia’s central bank is set to purchase $40bn in sovereign bonds as part of a debt monetisation programme – a strategy seldom used by emerging markets that could have wider implications for the region.
ETIQUETTE: It is integral to Egyptian culture to be courteous to foreigners. A conversation, whether business-related or not, is usually accompanied by coffee, tea or juice. Social rules dictate the appropriate way to greet people in business meetings. Close friends of the same sex will sometimes greet with a kiss on each cheek,...
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This chapter contains selected listings of some of the top hotels in the greater Cairo area, helpful tips for business and leisure travellers, and other useful advice for visitors to Egypt.
While global investment is expected to fall sharply this year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, impact investment – the funding of projects that generate a positive social or environmental impact, as well as a financial return – is tipped to hold relatively steady, and could play a key role in the recovery of emerging market economies.
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