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• How to read Xi Jinping’s return to the world stage

  • EIU is not convinced that China will be successful in fostering a more benign international environment for itself in 2023, which we believe is the goal of Xi Jinping’s recent diplomatic engagement—involving more than 30 bilateral meetings with world leaders.
• Explore the financial risk landscape in five major emerging markets

  • Deteriorating global economic conditions have limited growth opportunities in developing markets this year.
• Fed slows the pace of rate rises

  • At its December meeting the Federal Reserve (Fed, the central bank) raised its policy rate to a target range of 4.25-4.5%— an increase of 50 basis points.
• Three takeaways from China’s policy-setting conference

  • The prioritisation of consumer spending in the economic agenda for 2023 heralds the lifting of remaining covid‑19 restrictions and subsidies to consumers, although investment will remain prominent.
• Turkish and Spanish elections among key votes to watch in 2023

  • The most important elections to watch in 2023 will be the Turkish presidential and parliamentary elections in May and the Spanish general election in December.
• Global Outlook: Democracy Index 2022

  • In EIU’s latest global outlook video, global forecasting director, Agathe Demarais, and editor of the Democracy Index, Joan Hoey, discuss the results of EIU’s latest Democracy Index report.
• Russia’s pockets of support are growing in the developing world

  • Analysis by EIU’s global forecasting team shows that an increasing number of countries are siding with Russia.
• Bola Tinubu wins Nigeria’s presidential election

  • Bola Tinubu, the candidate of Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress, won the presidential election on February 25th, and will be sworn in as president on May 29th.
• European election round-up: Q2 2023

  • In the second quarter of 2023, elections will take place in Montenegro (March 19th), Finland and Bulgaria (both April 2nd), Greece (April or May) and Turkey—the only G20 economy in Europe with an election this year (May 14th).
• The collapse of two US banks raises the stakes for the Fed

  • We continue to expect the Fed to make three more 25-basis-point rate increases, bringing its policy rate to a peak range of 5.25-5.5% in June.

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