In 2025, the United States economy expanded by 2.1%, led by consumer spending.

Invited by the IMF and CARTAC, the Statistics Division presented to the senior statistical authorities of the Caribbean its strategy for supporting the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean in the adoption of the 2025 SNA and BPM7, as well as an overview of more than two decades of regional t...

This new online tool makes it possible to integrate statistical and geographic information with the aim of capturing the territorial dynamics of one of the most significant metropolitan regions in Latin America.

The actions carried out as part of the technical assistance during the 2025–2026 period will facilitate planning, monitoring, and evaluation processes for public policies.

Trinidad and Tobago’s Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of the People, Social Development and Family Services, Dr. Natalie Chaitan-Maharaj, says, “Statistics can’t just remain in reports but must translate into action that changes lives.” The Parliamentary Secretary was speaking at ECLAC’s Cal...

The Multidimensional Poverty Index for Latin America (MPI-LA) offers a more comprehensive measure of well-being and provides a solid basis for designing public policies that reduce inequalities and promote inclusive development.

Caribbean countries must be able to make the connection between climate finance and sustainable development to receive much-needed funding for climate resilience, mitigation, and adaptation. That is the view of ECLAC Caribbean consultant Cathal Healy-Singh, on how Caribbean SIDS (Small Island Develo...

The U.S. economy expanded at a robust 3.1% annualized rate in the third quarter of 2024, well above the economy’s long-term growth potential.

Subnational statistics are fundamental for the development and implementation of effective and equitable public policies and are essential for responding to the principle of "leaving no one behind" proposed by the 2030 Agenda.

ECLAC, with the support of the Government of Canada, has launched the Project for the Regional Advancement of Statistics in the Caribbean (PRASC) Knowledge Base. The Canada funded PRASC was a capacity-building initiative aimed at strengthening the statistical system of the Caribbean region to improv...

Supported by retreating inflation and a strong job market, the U.S. economy grew at the fastest pace in nearly two years in the third quarter of 2023.

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), together with UN Women and CARICOM, held the first part of the Gender Statistics and Indicators course from 13 to 15 September in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The course was attended by 29 representatives of national statist...

Sub-national accounts is an important tool to understand the structure of goods and services produced and how they have evolved in the different territories of a country. In this sense, ECLAC makes available to users new subnational GDP indicators available for 11 Latin American countries that are e...

Here is the United States economic outlook in six charts.

Industrial policy is as relevant today as it has been in the past for Latin America and the Caribbean. Steps towards development depend on a rational, inclusive, and sustainable industrial policy, guided by intensive use of information, that allows the definition and dissemination of indicators whic...

United States economic outlook: third quarter of 2022 The United States economy rose 2.9% in the third quarter of 2022, a sharp turnaround following two quarters of contraction. Here is the economic outlook in five charts:

After breaking an annual record in 2021, total Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) bond issuance in international markets has slowed considerably in 2022.

The United States has witnessed historic inflation since the economy began to reopen in 2021 following the COVID-19 lockdowns. Here are some of these inflation trends in five charts:

The Hernán Santa Cruz Library has prepared a new research guide on Environment and Climate Change Statistics for Latin America and the Caribbean in collaboration with the ​​Environment Statistics Unit of the ECLAC Statistics Division.

The ECLAC Office in Washington D.C. has published new issue of its Series Studies and Perspectives.