The region's issuers placed US$ 89 billion of bonds in international markets in 2023. This total was 40% higher than in 2022 but 35% lower than the average issuance in the three-year period from 2019 to 2021.

The traditional meeting will be held at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile, May 15-17, and will be attended by authorities from the Ministries of Finance of 14 Latin American and Caribbean countries.

The region’s top three SLB issuers were Brazil (60%), Mexico (28%) and Chile (8%), and the top three sectors transportation (26%), forestry and paper (23%) and food and beverage (22%).

The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, insisted on the importance of reforming the international financial architecture to address the debt problem, during an event held in the framework of the UN High-level Political Forum.

The event came to an end this Friday, April 23, with three webinars on financing for development, tax evasion and illicit flows, and climate finance.

The annual report “Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2020” will be released during a virtual press conference offered by the United Nations organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, on Wednesday, Decem...

The organization’s main annual economic report will be unveiled during a virtual press conference by the Commission’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, on Tuesday, October 6.

In 2019, international bond issuance from the region increased and bond spreads tightened. Credit quality continued to deteriorate, however, although at a slower pace relative to 2018.

Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, concluded the Business Forum for the Sustainable Development Goals in Latin America and the Caribbean 2019, held in the framework of the third meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the...

The Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional organization, Alicia Bárcena, the President of Chile’s Central Bank, Mario Marcel, and the Ambassador of the United Kingdom, Jamie Bowden, inaugurated a seminar in Santiago where the joint initia...

Over the course of last year, bond issuance from the LAC region slowed, spreads widened and credit quality deteriorated.

Seminar held at the UN regional organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile, with special participation by the host country’s Central Bank Governor, Mario Marcel.

ECLAC Office in Washington released a new report on capital flows.

ECLAC Office in Washington released a new report on capital flows.

Specialists from international organizations, central banks, academia and the private sector participated in two seminars held in September and November.

ECLAC Office in Washington released a new report on capital flows.

A high level ECLAC mission that included the Director of the subregional headquarters for the Caribbean, Diane Quarless, visited Saint Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda and Barbados, to inform project stakeholders about the upcoming activities of ...

During the gathering held at ECLAC, participants presented research papers on fiscal and financial ties between different levels of government.

The region’s international bond sales reached a half-year record of US$ 84 billion in the first six months of the year, according to a new report by ECLAC’s Office in Washington D.C.

This kind of institution provides financing to manage external shocks and currency crises, thereby contributing to financial stability, ECLAC says.