14 Oct 2024, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 17:25
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The United States economy expanded at an annualized rate of 3.0% in the second quarter of 2024 —more than double the 1.4% GDP growth recorded in the first quarter and well above the economy’s long-term growth potential—, driven primarily by consumer spending. The resilience of consumer spending has been supported by receding inflation and a robust labour market. Inflation slowed to 2.5% in August 2024, the lowest level in more than three years. Employment has increased for 44 consecutive months, but the labour market is softening. The Federal Reserve announced an interest rate cut of 0.50% in …
18 Mar 2024, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 17:25
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This overview examines the economic performance of economies of the Caribbean in 2022 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 concludes, while the annex includes individual country briefs that give an overview of the economic situation for the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and a subregional assessment of the countries of the Eastern Caribbean Currenc…
La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) celebrará del 6 al 8 de mayo la XXXVI edición del Seminario Regional de Política Fiscal, reconocido foro regional que durante 36 años ha convocado a autoridades, especialistas, sociedad civil y academia para dialogar sobre los desafíos de política fiscal que enfrentan los países de la región.
En la reunión participarán autoridades de los Ministerios de Hacienda de 13 países de la región y reconocidos expertos de organismos internacionales, academia, organizaciones de sociedad civil y organizaciones no gubernamentales.
El encuentro …
El 19 y 20 de marzo de 2024, la Oficina de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Uruguay organizó, en cooperación con el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD), el Departamento de Economía de la Universidad de la República del Uruguay (UDELAR) y la Young Scholars Initiative del Institute for New Economic Thinking (YSI-INET), el seminario y conversatorio internacional sobre género y macroeconomía.
El encuentro, que se realizó en la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas de la UDELAR, contó con la conferencia magistral de la destacada Profesora Ozlem Onaran…
28 Mar 2024, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 17:39
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Latin American and Caribbean bond issuance in international markets totalled US$ 76.4 billion in the first 10 months of 2023, rebounding from the low volumes recorded in 2022. This figure represented a 30% increase compared to the same period in 2022 and was 20% higher than the annual volume. Issuers that have been waiting for lower borrowing costs are gradually returning to the international market, as they anticipate the end to global interest rate hikes while accepting that rates may remain higher for longer.
The region issued US$ 23.2 billion in international green, social, sustainability …