Economic indicators and projections
The Division works to develop economic indicators for the region, such as measures of potential GDP and productivity, real exchange-rate indices and leading indicators of economic activity. The Division also prepares economic projections for each country in Latin America and the Caribbean, which are then used as an input for ECLAC publications.
Activities
Workshop on Trade Policy and Trade Indicators
Based on the ECLAC Division of International Trade and Integration's "Manual on Foreign Trade and Trade Policy: Basics, Classifications and Indicators of Trade Patterns and Trade Dynamics"
Industrial Ecology and Green Transformation
The goal of the meeting is to improve discussions about how the transformation of physical resources in modern society can contribute to address opportunities and challenges for sustainable development in Latin America. It also will contribute to strengthen an institutional network for the industrial ecology society.
Launch of the Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2015
The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will launch its Economic Survey of Latin American and Caribbean 2015.
News
Latin America and the Caribbean Endures a Prolonged Period of Low Growth: It Will Grow 2.2% in 2025 and 2.3% in 2026
Today ECLAC presented a new edition of its Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2025, in which it stresses the region’s urgent need to mobilize more resources to overcome the development traps that characterize it.
ECLAC Will Launch its Annual Report “Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2025”
The 77th edition of the institution’s oldest report will be unveiled at a press conference led by the United Nations regional body’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, next Tuesday, August 5 in Santiago, Chile.
Fiscal Policy is a Key Tool for Driving the Structural Transformations Needed in Latin America and the Caribbean
At the XXXVII Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy, authorities from 13 countries and international experts addressed the importance of mobilizing financing to expand fiscal space in the region’s countries.
ECLAC Downwardly Revises Growth Projections for Latin America and the Caribbean in 2025
Today the United Nations regional organization updated its GDP estimates for each of the region’s countries.
