The next legislative election is due on December 10th. We expect the alliance between Labour and the Mouvement militant mauricien (MMM) to secure a comfortable parliamentary majority, and this will support political stability.
The fiscal deficit is forecast to narrow gradually to 2.3% of GDP in 2019 on the back of fester economic growth, fiscal tightening, and administrative revenue-raising measures.
Given strong economic links to Europe, the rupee will continue to track the euro:dollar exchange rate. In line with this, the rupee will weaken to an average of MRs33.4:US$1 in 2016 before remaining relatively stable in 2017-19.

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Political outlook 8

Economic policy outlook 9

Economic forecast 11

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Quarterly data 16

Monthly data 17

Annual trends charts 18

Monthly trends charts 19

Comparative economic indicators 20

Basic data 21

Political structure 22

Politics 23

Economy 29

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