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Panama

Last EMBI
121 bp
2026-09-02
TFT +3d
119 bp
origin 2026-09-02 → +3d 2026-09-07 · band 116–123 bp
DAG valuation
Rich
Panama EMBI looks rich at 121 bp vs fair 134 bp (-13 bp tight).
Forecast News Valuation DAG

TFT forecast

Segment model: Investment Grade. Point is the +3 business-day median level. Drivers are encoder+decoder variable selection — not news clusters.

Panama TFT forecast
Forecast Drivers
Temporal attention (encoder −30d → −1d)
TypeAttentionSummary
Technicals46.6%own-spread momentum (widening) · level path / mean-reversion setup
Global Macro40.8%global EMBI tighter · level path / mean-reversion setup
Local Macro3.9%local FX · local CB calendar
Sentiment8.8%global sentiment · news volume

Attention = country-latest encoder+decoder variable selection (rolled up). Summary = top TFT features for that group + recent panel moves. Themes/clusters are separate (do not feed the TFT).

News themes

Rolling BERTopic clusters for desk context. They do not feed the TFT.

Country theme dynamics

2,256 articles · 6 clusters · 3 dropped

Top themes by share · green=accel · red=decel · blue=emerging · click a theme for the cluster note

ThemeToneShare (%)Share (z)n (prior → recent)
Organized crime in Panama penetrates institutionsAccelerating-0.265.2%+1.001429 → 1470
President Mulino discusses pensioner discounts, Ecuador tripDecelerating-1.24.7%-1.00113 → 107
Russian recruiter apprehended for recruiting Panamanians to fight in UkraineEmerging-4.51.8%0 → 41
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Valuation DAG

rich

Panama EMBI looks rich at 121 bp vs fair 134 bp (-13 bp tight).

  • US high-yield spreads tightened, which typically widens the EMBI spread. That does not appear to have been incorporated into the current spread.
EMBI vs macro fair value
Current EMBI121 bp
Macro fair value134 bp
Gap (current − fair)-13 bp (-0.5σ)

4 monthly print(s) may not yet have been tradable at the last EMBI date.

Panama EMBI monthly DAG train 2010-01-31→2025-02-28 (182) · holdout 2025-03-31→2026-09-30 (19) Global macro ToT / activity Fiscal Trade / FX EMBI / equity +0.55 +0.55 USD broad US HY OAS copper commodity ToT ToT gap debt gap nominal deficit primary balance debt/GDP curr. account EMBI Panama green + · red − · bold = story chain
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