In this week's episode of Capital Markets Weekly, Senior Economic and Financial Consultant, Brian Lawson, talks about five sizeable emerging markets deals that were sold successfully on 21 January, with Pemex particularly-successful. Speaker: Brian Lawson https://ihsmarkit.com/experts/lawson-brian.html Released: 25 January 2020

Rajiv Biswas, our Asia-Pacific Chief Economist, sits down with Robert O’Brien and details the significance of the deal as we enter the year of the rat, They cover economics, supply chains, and more in their conversation. Speakers: Rajiv Biswas and Robert O'Brien https://ihsmarkit.com/experts/biswas-rajiv.html Released: 21 January 2020

Now that the USMACA is going into force, our Pricing & Purchasing experts, John Anton and Emily Crowley sat down to discuss what it really means to labor costs and manufacturing. Speakers: John Anton and Emily Crowley https://ihsmarkit.com/experts/anton-john.html https://ihsmarkit.com/experts/crowley-emily.html Released: 20 January 2020

The Indonesian government plans to submit a “job creation” bill to liberalize the labor market. Our analyst, Anton Alifandi, discusses why the government is pushing this bill forward and the likely protests that will follow. Speaker: Anton Alifandi Released: 17 January 2020

Senior Economic and Financial Consultant, Brian Lawson, provides his thoughts on the latest deals and how economic conditions may affect markets. This week he talks through last week's record Euro-issuance and details how markets remain highly-active with six sovereign syndicated bond deals. Speaker: Brian Lawson ihsmarkit.com/experts/lawson-brian.html Released: 17 January 2020

Following the recent killings and retaliatory strikes, the continuation of contained confrontation has become the most likely path. Our experts, Firas Modad, Ege Seckin, and Jack Kennedy examine the short- and long-term risks to aviation, marine in the region. We also provide the possible indicators and consequences for an escalation to all-out war. Speakers: Firas Modad, Ege Seckin, and Jack Kennedy https://ihsmarkit.com/experts/modad-firas.html https://ihsmarkit.com/experts/seckin-ege.html https://ihsmarkit.com/experts/kennedy-jack-a..html Released: 14 January 2020

Despite wobbles in growth due to special factors, expansion continues at slightly above-trend pace. The Co-Head of our US Economics team, Chris Varvares, goes over the most recent numbers and looks at what's driving the US economy. Speaker: Chris Varvares https://ihsmarkit.com/experts/varvares-chris.html Released: 13 January 2020

With know growing downside risks what lies ahead for Turkey? Our analysts, Andrew Birch and Alyssa Grzelak talk about the risks that are hiding in plain sight for the region including the banking sector, political instabilities, and repeat shocks. What will change investor sentiment? Speakers: Andrew Birch and Alyssa Grzelak https://ihsmarkit.com/experts/birch-andrew.html Released: 13 January 2020

During the first main week of trading in 2020, bond market supply has been highly-active. Despite Iran-related regional instability, Israel raised a record USD3 billion sale attracting USD20 billion of demand, while in Europe, Ireland, Slovenia and Portugal have all issued successfully. Our Senior Economic and Financial Consultant, Brian Lawson, provides insights into the latest deals and how economic conditions may affect markets. Speaker: Brian Lawson https://ihsmarkit.com/experts/lawson-brian.html Released: 10 January 2020

Juan Guaidó, who is recognized by the United States as the interim president of Venezuela, was reappointed on 5 January as head of the 167-seat National Assembly for the 2020 legislative term by 100 lawmakers. Our principal risk analyst for the region, Diego Moya-Ocampos, discusses how Venezuela’s ruling PSUV party’s move to establish a parallel legislative board to the one recognized by the US and most EU and Latin American countries increases the risks of sanctions and policy paralysis. Speaker: Diego Moya-Ocampos https://ihsmarkit.com/experts/moya-ocampos-diego.html Released: 8 January 2020