These are the main highlights of the Capital Flows to Latin America, Third Quarter 2019 edition:
• International bond issuance from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) in the third quarter (Q3) of 2019 was US$ 39.3 billion. It was up 17% from the second quarter, and up 541% from the third quarter of 2018, and it was the highest third-quarter issuance since 2010.
• From January to October 2019, the region’s total bond issuance reached US$ 103 billion, 20% higher than in the same period in 2018.
• The three top issuers, sovereign and corporate issuance combined, accounted for 65% of the tota…
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• In the third quarter of 2019, the U.S. economy grew at a 2.1% annualized rate. Growth was driven by consumer and government spending, and a buildup in inventories.
• The third quarter of 2019 was the 41st consecutive quarter of growth and November the 125th month of consecutive growth for the U.S. economy. The current expansion is the longest on record.
• The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) cut the federal funds rate three times this year, in July, September and October, due to slowing global growth and trade uncertainty, contributing to diminish recession fears. Federal Rese…
This paper describes the dimensions and activities of the asset management industry in the United States locating the industry in the global context. It also discusses the evolution of asset management strategies utilized by the industry, setting up the discussion of the potential risks associated with this set of strategies and identifies the potential risks to the industry and explore the overall risks they raise for the global financial system. Finally, it provides regulatory responses to deal with these potential problems and briefly summarizes some suggested modifications of regulations t…
16 Mayo 2019, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 18:10
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This paper analyses the role that Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) have played in financing development in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and what their role will be in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In a context where multilateralism is severely questioned, donor countries are moving their resources away from middle-income countries, and MDBs' lending represents a decreasing share of total debt in the region, we show that there is room for MDBs to continue being relevant players.…
20 Feb 2019, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 18:09
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The Economic Survey of the Caribbean 2018 analyses the performance of the Caribbean subregion to the global economy. It provides a comparative analysis of global economic growth, commodity price performance, Caribbean growth performance, and unemployment. This is then followed by a subsection on fiscal policy and public debt. Subsequent subsections elaborate on monetary policy, and the external sector. Section II presents country briefs for the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago, together with the member states of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union …
21 Mayo 2019, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 18:06
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Ao comemorar os 70 anos da CEPAL, o Escritório em Brasília, com o apoio da Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) e da Young Scholars Initiative do Institute for New Economic Thinking, convidou jovens pesquisadores brasileiros para analisar o futuro da economia do Brasil, a partir das propostas e estruturas das análises da CEPAL. Os artigos incluídos abordam desafíos e oportunidades para o desenvolvimento do país nos próximos anos a partir de temas diversos, tais como a vulnerabilidade externa, a fragilidade das finanças públicas e do Estado, a inovação e diversificação produtiva, a necessidade de pol…
19 Jul 2019, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 18:04
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El Foro Político de Alto Nivel sobre Desarrollo Sostenible -la principal reunión global para examinar los compromisos asumidos por los países en el cumplimiento de la Agenda 2030 y sus Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS)- culminó hoy su sesión 2019 con un balance mixto para América Latina y el Caribe, que concurrió a esta cita representada en Chile, Guatemala, Guyana y Santa Lucía, países que presentaron ante la asamblea mundial su estado de avance a escala nacional.
Mediante la entrega de sus informes nacionales voluntarios (VNR, por sus siglas en inglés) estos países son un reflejo del …
La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, señaló hoy que la Agenda 2030 es compleja y el apoyo que los Estados Miembros de las Naciones Unidas requieren para cumplir sus metas debe ser integrado, coordinado y multinivel, durante un evento paralelo al Foro Político de Alto Nivel sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible 2019, que se realiza en Nueva York.
En el encuentro titulado “Más allá de julio: un apoyo integrado a los Estados miembros en la implementación de la Agenda 2030”, representantes de los gobiernos de Chile, Guatemala y Guyana, …
26 Abr 2019, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 18:09
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“Nos encontramos en punto crítico; es importante brindar un mensaje muy claro de qué se requiere de verdad para alcanzar la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible en la región”, señaló este viernes 26 de abril la Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) durante la última jornada de la tercera reunión del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible.
La alta funcionaria del organismo de las Naciones Unidas realizó una presentación en la que examinó el grado de avance de los países de la región en la implementació…
23 Abr 2019, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 18:07
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Representantes de los países miembros del Comité de Cooperación Sur-Sur -órgano subsidiario de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL)- efectuaron hoy en Santiago, Chile, la Novena Reunión de la Mesa Directiva del ente regional, en la cual instaron a reforzar su apoyo a las naciones del Caribe, entre otros acuerdos.
El encuentro, realizado en el marco de los debates de la tercera reunión del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible, que se realiza este semana en la sede de la CEPAL en Santiago, Chile, estuvo encabezado por Ileana Núñ…
22 Abr 2019, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 18:07
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El rol del sector privado es clave en el desafío de movilizar fuentes y mecanismos de financiamiento para la implementación de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible en la región, coincidieron representantes de empresas, delegados de Gobiernos y funcionarios internacionales durante el Foro Empresarial para los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible en América Latina y el Caribe 2019: Estrategias público-privadas para el financiamiento y monitoreo de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible realizado el lunes 22 de abril en Chile.
El evento, organizado por la Comisión Económica para Améric…
26 Mar 2019, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 18:10
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In its annual publication “Fiscal Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2019,” ECLAC highlights the role of tax policy in fulfilling the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The second publication, The Latin American Economic Outlook (LEO) analyses issues related to sustainable and inclusive development in Latin America and the Caribbean.…
22 Abr 2019, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 18:10
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Los grandes cambios tectónicos que está sufriendo el mundo del trabajo requerirán de una respuesta colaborativa y de un multilateralismo que reconozca la igualdad, la inclusión y la sostenibilidad como dimensiones constitutivas fundamentales. Así lo señalaron hoy autoridades y expertos de organismos internacionales durante un evento paralelo a la tercera reunión del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible, que se realiza este semana en Santiago, Chile.
El evento titulado “Por un futuro más prometedor. Contribuciones del Informe de la Comisión Mundial so…
6 Jun 2019, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 18:07
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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 2019) concerning capital flows to Latin America and the Caribbean.…
25 Oct 2019, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 18:04
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This overview examines the economic performance of economies of the Caribbean in 2018 and comprises four chapters. The first chapter provides a comparative analysis across Caribbean economies of the main macroeconomic variables, namely GDP growth, monetary indicators, as well as fiscal and external accounts. The second chapter looks at the key development imperatives for the Caribbean. The third chapter concludes, and the final chapter includes individual country briefs that give an overview of the economic situation for the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname and a subregiona…
15 Feb 2019, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 18:04
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In 2018, bond issuance from Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) slowed, bond spreads widened and credit quality deteriorated. The region saw the best and the worst conditions for tapping international capital markets in 2018. In January 2018, issuers from the region placed their highest ever monthly volume of debt in international markets. On the other hand, December 2018, with no issuance recorded, was the worst December on record for LAC issuers. Bond activity in 2018 was affected by a heavy electoral calendar at the domestic level, and by U.S. interest rate hikes, withdrawal of dollar li…
20 Feb 2019, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 18:09
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The report provides an overview of the economic performance for 2017 of the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago plus the eight Member States of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU), and the outlook for 2018. Data were collected from a review of reports from subregional institutions as well as national governments and interviews with government officials in each of the countries examined.…
For many countries, the acceleration of integration into the global economy and multilateral trading system provides an opportunity to access a wider range of goods and services as well as export markets, increasing their economic incomes, and improving the welfare of the citizenry. In particular, preferential trade agreements tend to increase export market access opportunities for the agro-industrial products of developing countries.
While increased market access offers many opportunities for enhancing the economic growth of exporting countries, developing countries are often unable to seize…
21 Jun 2019, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 18:00
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The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, concluded this Friday, June 21, a two-day visit to Spain, where she participated in two high-level events and held bilateral meetings with government authorities and officials from international cooperation bodies.
During these activities, the senior United Nations official insisted on the necessity of carrying out a new, inclusive cooperation model in which middle income countries can fully participate.
On Thursday, June 20, Bárcena led the presentation of the report Latin American …
25 Jul 2019, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 18:10
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The Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, presented the El Salvador-Guatemala-Honduras-Mexico Comprehensive Development Plan to President Juan Orlando Hernández and the Government of Honduras and participated in the inauguration of the National Commission on the 2030 Agenda for the Sustainable Development Goals (NC-SDG) and the Technical Committee for Sustainable Development, in the context of an official visit to Tegucigalpa on July 24-25.
“The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Central America-Mexico Compre…