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Mozambique’s instability heightens default risks

The outbreak of unrest in Mozambique after contested elections is unlikely to have a large impact on growth in the near term. But any attempts by the government to loosen fiscal policy to appease protestors or, further out, disruptions to large gas projects will cause sovereign default risk to rise again.

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