The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) presented today a new edition of its annual report Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2025: resource mobilization to finance development, in which it warns that the region continues to endure a prolonged period of low growth. It is estimated that real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will grow 2.2% on average in 2025 and 2.3% in 2026, in line with the rates recorded in 2023 and 2024 (see attached table).
The new projections for 2025 represent a slight upward revision from those published by the organization in…
La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) presentó hoy una nueva edición de su informe anual Estudio Económico de América Latina y el Caribe 2025. Movilización de recursos para el financiamiento del desarrollo, en el que advierte que la región continúa en un prolongado período de bajo crecimiento. Se estima que el producto interno bruto (PIB) real crecerá en promedio 2,2% en 2025 y 2,3% en 2026, manteniendo las tasas registradas en 2023 y 2024 (ver tabla adjunta).
Las nuevas proyecciones para 2025 representan una leve revisión al alza respecto a las publicadas po…
A Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) apresentou hoje uma nova edição do seu relatório anual Estudo Econômico da América Latina e do Caribe 2025. Mobilização de recursos para financiar o desenvolvimento, no qual adverte que a região continua em um período prolongado de baixo crescimento. Estima-se que o produto interno bruto (PIB) real crescerá em média 2,2% em 2025 e 2,3% em 2026, mantendo as taxas registradas em 2023 e 2024 (ver tabela anexa).
As novas projeções para 2025 representam uma leve revisão para cima em relação às publicadas pela agência em abril (2,0%), exp…
The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean must urgently step up resource mobilization for development to avoid a third lost decade, amid a challenging and grim global landscape. This edition of the Economic Survey for Latin America and the Caribbean summarizes the key messages presented by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) —along with the countries of the region— at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, held in Seville, Spain, in 2025.
This Economic Survey analyses three key dimensions of resource mobilization: fiscal and str…
Los países de América Latina y el Caribe enfrentan la urgente necesidad de acelerar la movilización de recursos para el desarrollo a fin de evitar una nueva década perdida, en un contexto internacional complejo y poco favorable. En esta edición del Estudio Económico de América Latina y el Caribe se sintetizan los principales mensajes que llevó la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) —acompañando a los países de la región— a la Cuarta Conferencia Internacional sobre la Financiación para el Desarrollo, celebrada recientemente en Sevilla (España) en 2025.
En este Estudio se…
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Latin American and Caribbean bond issuance in international markets amounted to US$ 121.8 billion in 2024, 36% higher than in 2023 and the strongest figure in three years. The average coupon rate, at 7.1%, was slightly above the 2023 level of 6.9%, indicating that financing costs remain elevated. Although the market was still open to high-yield issuers, investment grade bonds accounted for 57% of the region’s issuance.
In 2024, issuance of green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked (GSSS) bonds on international markets climbed by 6% relative to 2023, to a total of US$ 33.1 billi…
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) downwardly revised its growth projection for the region’s economies in 2025.
According to new estimates released today, the United Nations organization forecasts that the region will grow 2.0% on average this year, which is four-tenths lower than what was projected in December 2024.
By subregion, the downward revision is greater for the Caribbean (eight-tenths lower, excluding Guyana) and for Central America and Mexico (seven-tenths lower) than it is for South America, where the downward revision is just one-tenth. The growth …
La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) revisó a la baja la proyección de crecimiento para las economías de la región en 2025.
Según nuevas estimaciones dadas a conocer hoy, el organismo de las Naciones Unidas prevé que la región crecerá en promedio un 2,0% este año, cuatro décimas menos que lo proyectado en diciembre 2024.
Por subregiones, la revisión hacia la baja es mayor para el Caribe (8 décimas a la baja, excluyendo a Guyana) y para América Central y México (7 décimas a la baja), que para América del Sur, donde la revisión a la baja es de solo una décima. Los crecim…
This survey examines the economic performance of economies of the Caribbean in 2022 and the first few months of 2023 and comprises five chapters. The first chapter gives an overview of global, regional and subregional economic performance in the Caribbean. The second provides an analysis of the subregion’s fiscal performance and debt burden. The third looks at monetary policy and their impacts. The fourth is focused on the external sector, while the fifth concludes.…
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…
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…
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…
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…