Sample analysis from the Daily Brief
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30 January, 2012
China’s housing market will remain under tight control and prices drop further. Yet a collapse is unlikely because the market is underpinned by demand, and because officials have much of their personal wealth and income bound up with the sector.
16 January, 2012
President Asif Ali Zardari. Zardari is battling on several fronts to salvage his presidency. In a fast-shifting political environment, tensions are escalating between the government, Supreme Court and military.
6 January, 2012
Iranian land-based anti-ship missiles would present a clear danger to both naval and merchant vessels operating close to shore and in the narrow sea lanes of the Strait of Hormuz.
19 December, 2011
Kim Jung-il’s death poses a threat to the North Korean regime as power passes to the untested Kim Jung-un, but the odds are that it will survive – largely unaltered.
2 December, 2011
The post-2006 housing plunge is nearly over but recovery depends on an end to the foreclosure crisis and a fall in unemployment, which might take two more years.
28 November, 2011
Parliament will play a fundamental role in Egypt's transition to a new political system, and its recovery from the instability and economic damage caused by the January uprising.
21 November, 2011
Whether the developing world will continue to grow rapidly, or fall victim to a 'middle income trap', is critical for the global economy.
14 November, 2011
Retail spending is holding up better than the consumer confidence measures supposed to drive it, reflecting a surprisingly resilient economy.
7 November, 2011
The lead-up to the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), expected in October, will set the tone on the policy front, with caution to the fore on sensitive currency and trade issues.
2 November, 2011
Papandreou's referendum announcement, now backed by his cabinet, is far more likely to lead to early elections than to a referendum.
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