En la presente versión del Balance Preliminar de las Economías de América Latina y el Caribe se analiza el desempeño de las economías de la región en 2015 y sus perspectivas de de crecimiento y desafíos de política para 2016.…
This document, prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Washington Office, presents and analyzes the most recent developments (third quarter of 2015) concerning capital flows to Latin America and the Caribbean.…
The objective of this paper is to assess the challenges that Puerto Rico’s economy is currently facing. Puerto Rico’s development experience in the postwar period is briefly discussed in order to understand the nature of the island’s current situation. Puerto Rico’s recent economic performance, credit position, debt situation and fiscal conditions, including its complex capital structure and recently released fiscal and economic growth plan are also analyzed.…
This document, prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Washington Office, presents and analyzes the most recent developments (first half of 2015) concerning capital flows to Latin America and the Caribbean.…
(February 2, 2015) The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) released today the Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2014, available on the Internet, which gives a statistical overview of the social, economic and environmental development processes in the region’s countries. This annual publication contributes to generating knowledge on Latin America and the Caribbean and, therefore, it is an essential reference for the comparative analysis of countries with descriptive statistical data. As in previous editions, the 2014 Yearbook is organized in fo…
(2 de febrero, 2015) La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) difundió hoy el Anuario Estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe 2014, disponible en internet, en el que se ofrece un panorama estadístico que da cuenta del desarrollo social, económico y ambiental de los países de la región. Esta publicación anual contribuye a la generación de conocimiento sobre América Latina y el Caribe y, por lo tanto, constituye una referencia esencial para el análisis comparado entre países con datos estadísticos descriptivos. Al igual que las anteriores ediciones, el Anuario se organiza …
Divergence in macro trends and in monetary policy in advanced economies was a dominant driver of rates and currencies in emerging markets in 2014. Diverging macroeconomic developments were reflected in different monetary policy actions in 2014, with the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan (BOJ) moving in the opposite direction of the U.S. Federal Reserve. The unwinding of the U.S. monetary stimulus, while the ECB and the BOJ step up their monetary stimulus, has underpinned an appreciation by the U.S. dollar, in which most commodities are priced. Latin American markets, which sta…
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