Panama’s National Institute of Statistics reports that the country has an annualised rate of inflation of 2.7%.
Meanwhile, the health ministry reported another 21 new cases of monkeypox in Panama during the week to 24 February , bringing the cumulative number of cases nationwide to 160, with 20 patients in home isolation and 8 in isolation in health facilities.
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On 23 February, Insurance Marine News reported that several ships appear to have been detained as part of a crackdown on what has been a significant increase in STS transfers of oil from smaller vessels to ocean-going tankers, with the origin of the oil often hard to pin down, but suspected in several cases to be Russian.
As a new round of sanctions is announced, on 24 February –
Wikborg Rein provided a useful summary of new sanctions from the US and HM Treasury;
OFAC published a Factsheet detailing its actions, and the claimed effect on Russian oil production etc after a year of the sanctions;
The White House issued a Factsheet concerning measures adopted after 1 year of the conflict; and
The US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a news release announced 4 rules developed in concert with international allies and partners in response to Russia’s war on Ukraine. The news release contains brief summaries and links to the text of the rules released on the Federal Register’s website, and the effective date for all of the rules was 24 February.
The rules include –
https://www.wr.no/en/news/sanctions-alerts/us-and-uk-impose-new-sanctions-on-russia/
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