Country Risk Quarterly—Spring 2020

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EDC’s Country Risk Quarterly is sporting a fresh look and new focus. Our interactive tool offers timely information about almost 50 countries and allows you to stay on top of country risk, including leveraging high-frequency data such as fluctuations in the stock market, exchange rates and bond spreads.

Top 5 country risk takeaways:

1. The short-term economic and political risk outlook is uniformly negative across the globe. Countries are seeing declines in access to foreign exchange and liquidity.

2. Countries that were experiencing high debt conditions prior to the pandemic, are even more vulnerable as credit withdraws. Add in commodity price shocks and cuts in global demand and you have a recipe for numerous sovereign downgrades.

3. The saving grace for many emerging markets is the debt relief packages currently being ironed out by international creditors.

4. As the coronavirus fuels discontent, political instability is rising worldwide. Consumers want access to basic goods and services and frustrations are mounting over their respective governments' handling of the crisis.

5. This is an unprecedented period of uncertainty in country risk that will require careful monitoring over the coming months.

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Oil price shock

The collapse in oil prices has created a major economic challenge for energy-exporting countries.

Political unrest

As many countries face health and economic issues, protests against government actions are on the rise.

Debt forgiveness

Many developing countries are negotiating immediate debt relief from international creditors such as the International Monetary Fund to give them financial support.

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Country Risk Quarterly—Spring 2020

Top 5 country risk takeaways:

1. The short-term economic and political risk outlook is uniformly negative across the globe. Countries are seeing declines in access to foreign exchange and liquidity.

2. Countries that were experiencing high debt conditions prior to the pandemic, are even more vulnerable as credit withdraws. Add in commodity price shocks and cuts in global demand and you have a recipe for numerous sovereign downgrades.

3. The saving grace for many emerging markets is the debt relief packages currently being ironed out by international creditors.

4. As the coronavirus fuels discontent, political instability is rising worldwide. Consumers want access to basic goods and services and frustrations are mounting over their respective governments' handling of the crisis.

5. This is an unprecedented period of uncertainty in country risk that will require careful monitoring over the coming months.

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Oil price shock

Political unrest

Debt forgiveness

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Top 5 country risk takeaways:

1. The short-term economic and political risk outlook is uniformly negative across the globe. Countries are seeing declines in access to foreign exchange and liquidity.

2. Countries that were experiencing high debt conditions prior to the pandemic, are even more vulnerable as credit withdraws. Add in commodity price shocks and cuts in global demand and you have a recipe for numerous sovereign downgrades.

3. The saving grace for many emerging markets is the debt relief packages currently being ironed out by international creditors.

4. As the coronavirus fuels discontent, political instability is rising worldwide. Consumers want access to basic goods and services and frustrations are mounting over their respective governments' handling of the crisis.

5. This is an unprecedented period of uncertainty in country risk that will require careful monitoring over the coming months.

Discover more valuable insights

Oil price shock

Political unrest

Debt forgiveness

Access the Country Risk QuarterlyUnlimited one-click access through your MyEDC Account

Tell us about yourself

Tell us about your company

Tell us a bit more about your company

And lastly

Tell us about yourself

Tell us about your company

Tell us a bit more about your company

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