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Our latest global forecast - Recorded March 18th 2010
Economic weakness means that a further 12 months will elapse before the Fed ups rates, leaving them on hold for longer than expected according to Robin Bew, the Economist Intelligence Unit's Editorial Director and Chief Economist.
The Country Risk Service publishes regular ratings on 120 sovereigns. The ratings for emerging markets are updated monthly
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Economist Intelligence Unit Democracy Index 2008
The results of the Economist Intelligence Unit's Democracy Index 2008 confirm that, following a decades-long global trend of democratisation, the spread of democracy has come to a halt. Comparing the results for 2008 with those from the first edition of the index, which covered 2006, shows that the dominant pattern in the past two years has been stagnation. Although there is no recent trend of outright regression, there are few instances of significant improvement. However, the global financial crisis, resulting in a sharp and possibly protracted recession, could threaten democracy in some parts of the world.
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