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Markets seem to think the worst is over; central bankers are <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/02/16/inflation-will-be-harder-to-bring-down-than-markets-think?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.a ...

AS A GAS // As a gas producer, the state was able to build up enormous reserves. But failing to pivot when global prices fell has created debt, a <a href="https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2023/04/18/bolivia-is-on-the-brink-of-an-economic-crisis?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medi ...

The ruling party got a pasting at the polls, owing in part to a <a href="https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2021/10/30/argentinas-government-has-fixed-the-price-of-1432-products?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-n ...

At a hidden command centre our correspondent finds <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/05/09/ukraines-defenders-anxiously-dig-in-for-a-looming-russian-assault?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anon ...