OGResearch Macro Portal Newsletter -- September 2025

 

September 1, 2025

Armenia

  • Promising peace deal with Azerbaijan has a good chance of improving the country’s outlook
  • Prudent monetary policy will keep inflation close to the inflation target
  • The currency depreciation will accelerate in line with the deteriorating Russian outlook

Rwanda

  • Loose policies support strong growth, but pile up underlying vulnerabilities
  • Monetary policy will tighten, bringing inflation back towards the inflation target
  • Weak external balance will keep the exchange rate on a steady depreciation path

Samoa

  • Growth will decelerate as the recent drivers like tourism sector growth have been exhausted
  • Large accumulated buffers will keep the exchange rate peg in place
  • Inflation will remain low in line with maintaining the currency peg

Vanuatu

  • Growth outlook is pessimistic due to frequent natural disasters and lack of foreign investment
  • Sustained foreign support and remittances inflow will support the exchange rate peg
  • Inflation will remain low, supported by the currency peg

Read the forecasts in details on our Macro Portal.

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Forecast updates in September:

  • Angola
  • Ethiopia
  • Kazakhstan