Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf countries should be able to weather the collapse in oil prices without abandoning dollar pegs, and Russia will still run looser fiscal policy this year than last. But the rout will cause major strains elsewhere. A debt restructuring at Mexico’s state-owned oil firm, Pemex, is becoming a very realistic prospect. And sovereign default risks are ramping up in Angola, Nigeria and Ghana.
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