Romania’s fiscal watchdog warned this week that the country’s budget deficit could come in a lot wider than the government originally planned this year at 8.0% of GDP, and we think that investors may be underappreciating fiscal risks that are building there. Meanwhile, Russia's economy is also coming under increasing strain from rising government spending, and there is a risk that the central bank will hike interest rates again next month.
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