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The Banking & Insurance sector – often referred to as the lifeblood of the real economy – is of vital importance in the modern credit-driven economic growth model. Among its functions are intermediation between savers and borrowers, ensuring funds are allocated efficiently; support of payment and settlement systems that facilitate trade and international economic relations; and provision of various products that mitigate risk and uncertainty. The accelerating pace of technological change, stricter regulation and shifting consumer habits are reshaping the traditional banking model and pushing the sector towards innovation-led growth.
Activities associated with Banking & Insurance are depositary and non-depositary credit intermediation and related activities, investment banking, securities brokerage, commodity contracts dealing and diverse financial investment activities. The sector also includes insurers, re-insurers and insurance brokerages, pension funds, health and welfare funds, monetary authorities, stock exchanges, and collection and credit agencies.
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Brazil was hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, which by end-June 2020 had killed close to 60,000 people and had virtually halted the economy. Before the pandemic, Brazil was still slowly recovering from the 2015-2016 economic recession. ...
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Malaysia’s banking sector is dominated by local banks that controlled 80% of total sector assets as of end-2019. A third of the 53 banks operating in the country in 2019 were foreign owned. Out of the total, 26 are commercial banks, 16 are ...
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Indonesia is home to the largest automotive market in Southeast Asia. Nearly 7.5mn motor vehicles were sold in the country in 2019. More than two thirds of these, however, were two-wheelers. Low incomes make passenger-car ownership difficult for most ...
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Indonesia is the world’s third largest producer and consumer of rice and the largest producer of palm oil. The country is also the third largest producer of cocoa and ranks second in terms of wheat imports. Given its large population, Indonesia ...
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Chile is a relatively small economy, ranking 43rd globally and fifth in Latin America in 2019 according to the IMF. However, its retail sector is well developed, mature and sophisticated, and in many aspects on a par with those of developed countries ...
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The extraction of oil and gas is one of Argentina’s main economic sectors, accounting for 8% of GDP and 2.5% of exports in 2019, as well as 1% of total employment at the end of that year. After a decade of underinvestment, the production of ...
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The electric power generated revenue of PLN 133.5bn in 2018, which was equivalent to 6.3% of Poland's GDP. In 2019, electricity generation dropped by 3.5% y/y to 145 TWh, while consumption decreased by 0.7% y/y to 154.7 TWh. As a result, for the ...
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The metallic and non-metallic mineral mining sector generated 1.3% of Poland’s GDP in 2018 and provided employment to 14,960 persons. The main non-coal minerals extracted in Poland are copper, silver, zinc and lead, as well as many industrial ...
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On the back of robust domestic demand and high foreign investment, Poland has become one of the largest producers and exporters of computer hardware in CEE. The country has managed to turn itself into a key IT hub for the region, and also boasts a ...
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