🌍 Frontier Markets News, October 17th 2025
A weekly review of key news from global growth markets
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Russia moves to bolster economy as the costs of war and sanctions become clearer
Strained by the rising costs of its war on Ukraine, the Russian government said that it had a $47 billion
Egypt undergoes painful adjustments in response to deepening economic crisis
The Egyptian government is pursuing broad measures to stabilize the economy as the Arab state grapples with a foreign currency
Malaysia seeks alliance with Indonesia to respond to EU palm oil restrictions
Leaders of Indonesia and Malaysia this week chafed at EU efforts to reduce deforestation that could affect palm oil imports.
Coup attempt shakes Brazil, but long-term fallout remains unlikely
Brazil’s capital was recovering from a January 8th insurrection that saw thousands of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters storm
Uganda abandons Belt and Road project, turns towards Turkey
Uganda canceled a deal this week that would have built a railway from its capital, Kampala, to the Kenyan port
Janet Yellen visits Africa with insecurity on the agenda
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen kicked off a 10-day visit to Africa this week with a speech in Senegal that
Corruption crackdown claims Vietnam’s president
Vietnam’s Communist Party accepted the resignation of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Wednesday, the latest casualty of Hanoi’s
Tokayev dissolves parliament in KazakhstanÂ
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart announced that he had dissolved one of the houses of parliament this week, with new elections to
Sri Lankan debt plan gains Indian support
India told the IMF it would support Sri Lanka’s restructuring plan, bringing the embattled island economy’s debt saga
Fall in Hungary’s overheated property market exposes finance-sector vulnerabilities
Hungary’s housing market, the fastest growing in the EU for the past decade, is finally seeing lower prices, Bloomberg
Enhanced dollar controls slam the battered Iraqi economy
Iraq’s economy is reeling after stricter controls on wire transfers targeting Iran led to a sharp rise in import
Azerbaijan tests Russia’s resolve in the Caucasus, highlighting Moscow’s waning influence on its periphery
Azerbaijan is blocking Armenian access to its contested Nagorno-Karabakh enclave and testing Russia’s resolve in the process, reports the