If financial development facilitates economic development at the international level, as is the consensus view, then it follows that each government’s task is to implement policies that effectively boost national financial development. This study tests the new hypothesis that a more fiscally solvent policy approach positively influences financial development. The results, based on a yearly comparison, show that fiscal solvency, approximated by the credit rating on sovereign debt denominated in local currency, affects three dimensions of financial development: (i) the depth of credit leveraging…
Si existe consenso en que el desarrollo financiero facilita el desarrollo económico a nivel internacional, el desafío para cada gobierno sería implementar políticas que efectivamente impulsen un mayor desarrollo financiero en su país. Este estudio pone a prueba la hipótesis de que una política de mayor solvencia fiscal influye favorablemente en el desarrollo financiero. Los resultados muestran que la solvencia fiscal, aproximada por la calificación de riesgo de la deuda soberana en moneda nacional, influye, a un año, en tres dimensiones del desarrollo financiero: i) apalancamiento crediticio d…
América Latina y el Caribe se encuentra en una trampa de crecimiento que se ha prolongado por varias décadas y el contexto mundial y regional limitan el espacio de las políticas macroeconómicas en su favor. Los resultados del Estudio Económico de América Latina y el Caribe, 2024 muestran una reducción en la tasa de creación de puestos de trabajo, en especial empleos formales, y que grupos como los jóvenes, las mujeres, los adultos mayores, las personas migrantes y las personas que viven en zonas rurales son más propensos a tener trabajos informales. Además, un intensificación de los efectos de…
Latin America and the Caribbean is mired in a decades-long growth trap, and further hampered by global and regional conditions that limit the space for macroeconomic policies to spur economic growth in the region. The results of the Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean, 2024 reveal weaker job creation, especially in the formal sector, with young people, women, older persons, migrants and rural dwellers among the most likely to be informal workers. In addition, an intensification of climate change effects will drastically reduce the number of jobs created in the medium term if mit…
Latin America and the Caribbean is mired in a decades-long growth trap, and further hampered by global and regional conditions that limit the space for macroeconomic policies to spur economic growth in the region. The results of the Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean, 2024 reveal weaker job creation, especially in the formal sector, with young people, women, older persons, migrants and rural dwellers among the most likely to be informal workers. In addition, an intensification of climate change effects will drastically reduce the number of jobs created in the medium term if mit…
The United States economy expanded at an annualized rate of 3.1% in the third quarter of 2024, above the economy’s long-term growth potential and the 3.0% growth recorded in the second quarter, driven primarily by consumer spending. The resilience of consumer spending has been supported by receding inflation and a robust labour market. Employment has increased for 47 consecutive months, but the labour market is softening. Progress in bringing down inflation has stalled over the past three months, with inflation rising from 2.4% in September 2024 to 2.7% in November. The Federal Reserve cut int…