The total amount of debt issued by LAC borrowers from January to November 2017 reached US$ 138 billion, the highest annual amount ever issued in the region. Investors’ enthusiasm for LAC assets was supported by synchronized growth at the global level, still low interest rates across de globe (with only a very gradual tightening in the United States), weakness in the U.S. dollar, and an improvement in the region’s own economic conditions. On the sovereign side, seventeen countries tapped international bond markets this year, with Argentina topping the list with 28% of the total sovereign issuan…
18 Ene 2017, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 08:31
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Comunicado de prensa
La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, en una intervención en el Foro Económico Mundial que se celebra en la ciudad suiza de Davos, alentó a los países de la región y a China a cooperar en áreas clave como la infraestructura, la energía y, en especial, la agricultura, ya que el potencial regional de producción agrícola y alimentaria permitiría dar respuesta a las demandas del país asiático.
La alta funcionaria de las Naciones Unidas participó el martes 17 en la sesión titulada China’s Pivot to World Markets (El pivote de China …
4 Abr 2017, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 08:32
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La inversión extranjera directa (IED) tiene el potencial para contribuir al cumplimiento de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible en América Latina y el Caribe, fomentando sectores y actividades estratégicas para la región, como la infraestructura, la digitalización y las energías limpias, dijo este martes Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), durante el IV Foro Internacional de Inversiones de Chile realizado en un hotel en Santiago.
“Nuestra región espera que los flujos de IED puedan contribuir a la diversificación produc…
1 Ago 2017, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 08:31
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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 2017) concerning capital flows to Latin America and the Caribbean.…
1 Mayo 2017, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 08:32
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This document, prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Washington Office, presents and analyzes the most recent developments (first quarter of 2017) concerning capital flows to Latin America and the Caribbean.
The main highlights are:
- 2017 started with the highest monthly issuance on record for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)’s cross-border bond market, with total issuance reaching US$ 24.2 billion in January. Petrobras led the way, issuing a US$ 4 billion dual-tranche bond on January 9, encouraging other issuers to come to the market.
- Although…
1 Abr 2017, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 08:31
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China has become the third largest source of FDI in the world, only behind the United States and Japan. Chinese outward FDI continues to grow every year, but inflows into Latin America have remained stagnant since the year 2010 when a large wave of acquisitions introduced many Chinese companies to the region. They also remain very concentrated on the extraction of natural resources and in a handful of countries. Slower growth in China, and lower commodity prices may force some Chinese companies to change their strategy and start looking for overseas markets in new sectors, particularly in serv…