SENEGAL LAWMAKERS REJECT BUDGET AGAIN, PUTTING IMF DEAL AT RISK.

Senegal's National Assembly has rejected the government's budget a second time, a development that places an agreement with the International Monetary Fund in jeopardy. The core transmission channel is sovereign risk: without an IMF program, Senegal loses a key anchor for external financing, debt-sustainability assessments, and investor confidence, which tends to widen spreads on the country's Eurobonds and raise borrowing costs across its curve. Dollar-denominated sovereign debt and regional West African issuance are the most exposed, since a lapse in IMF backing can trigger reassessments by rating agencies and reduce access to concessional and commercial funding. Traders will be watching whether the government submits a revised budget that satisfies IMF fiscal targets, as well as any official statement on the status of the IMF staff-level agreement and the next scheduled disbursement review.

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