United States gross domestic product rose by 2.5% in 2023. The above-potential growth was driven by resilient consumers, supported by a strong labour market and receding inflation. In 2023, 3 million new jobs were added on an annual basis, and the unemployment rate was 3.7% at the end of December. Inflation was reduced by half relative to 2022, declining from an annual rate of 8% in 2022 to 4.1% in 2023.
Cognizant of the strength of the U.S. economy, the Federal Reserve is nevertheless adopting a “wait and see” approach rather than declaring an immediate end to its monetary tightening cycle, w…
En este estudio se analizan las medidas de política monetaria puestas en marcha durante la pandemia de COVID-19 en los países de Centroamérica y la República Dominicana (CARD), así como en el período de recuperación inmediata, y se examina su impacto en la actividad económica. Para ello, se realiza un análisis cualitativo y cuantitativo sobre las políticas monetarias puestas en marcha en el período 2020-2022. En el análisis cuantitativo se emplean técnicas econométricas de VAR y panel.
Los resultados muestran que las diversas medidas implementadas tuvieron efectos reducidos sobre el agregado d…
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 …
Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) issuers placed US$ 89 billion of bonds in international markets in 2023. This total was 40% higher than in 2022 but 35% lower than the average issuance in the three-year period from 2019 to 2021. The average coupon rate was 1.65 percentage points higher than in 2022. This increase has translated into higher financing costs for corporates and for the governments of the region. Average coupon rates on the region’s dollar-denominated sovereign issuances have climbed steadily in recent years, from 3.6% in 2021 to 5.1% in 2022 and to 6.6% in 2023, illustrating how…
Los emisores de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) colocaron 89 mil millones de dólares en bonos internacionales en 2023. Este total fue un 40% mayor que en 2022 pero un 35% menor que la emisión promedio en el trienio 2019-2021. La tasa de cupón promedio fue 1,65 puntos porcentuales más alta que en 2022. Este aumento se ha traducido en mayores costos de financiamiento para las empresas y los gobiernos de la región. Las tasas de interés promedio de las emisiones soberanas denominadas en dólares de la región han aumentado constantemente en los últimos años, del 3,6% en 2021 al 5,1% en 2022 y al 6,…
Os emissores da América Latina e do Caribe (ALC) colocaram 89 bilhões de dólares em títulos internacionais em 2023. Este total foi 40% superior ao de 2022, mas 35% menor do que a emissão média no triênio 2019-2021. A taxa de cupom média foi 1,65 ponto percentual mais alta do que em 2022. Este aumento se traduziu em maiores custos de financiamento para as empresas e os governos da região. As taxas de juros médias das emissões soberanas da região em dólares aumentaram de 3,6% em 2021 para 5,1% em 2022 e 6,6% em 2023, o que ilustra o aumento dos custos de endividamento da região.
Em 2023, a Reser…
Latin American and Caribbean bond issuance in international markets totalled US$ 89 billion in 2023, 40% higher than the figure recorded in 2022, but still 35% lower than the average annual level in the three-year period from 2019 to 2021. The average coupon on the region’s bonds issued in international markets was 1.65 percentage points higher than in 2022. Indicating a strong start to the year, international bond issuance amounted to US$ 31.19 billion in January 2024, the region’s third-highest monthly total.
In 2023, the region issued US$ 31 billion in green, social, sustainability and sust…
The United States economy expanded by 5.2% in the third quarter of 2023, the fastest pace in nearly two years. Consumer spending was the main driver of economic growth in the quarter, followed by accumulation of private inventories. The third quarter marked the fifth consecutive quarter of growth above the economy’s potential. Labour market growth remained solid, with 2.6 million jobs added from January to November 2023, but is easing. Inflation is also gradually slowing. Despite interest rate hikes in 2022 and in the first half of 2023, the United States economy —supported by a strong job mar…
The 2023 edition of the Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean, its seventy-fifth issue, consists of three parts. Part I outlines the region’s economic performance in 2022 and analyses trends in the early months of 2023, as well as the outlook for growth for the year and for 2024. It highlights the external and domestic factors that have influenced the region’s economic performance and how these factors will affect economic growth in the coming years.
Part II of this edition analyses the macroeconomic repercussions of climate change on the economies of Latin America and the Caribbe…
En su edición número 75, que corresponde a 2023, el Estudio Económico de América Latina y el Caribe consta de tres partes. En la primera, se resume el desempeño de la economía regional en 2022 y se analiza su evolución en los primeros meses de 2023, así como las perspectivas de crecimiento para dicho año y para 2024. Se destacan los factores externos e internos que han incidido en el desempeño económico de la región y que condicionarán el crecimiento económico en los próximos años.
En la segunda parte del informe se analizan las consecuencias macroeconómicas del cambio climático en las economí…
En 2023 los países de América Latina y el Caribe enfrentan un escenario macroeconómico complejo. Se prevé que durante el año continúe el bajo crecimiento económico. En lo que respecta a la inflación, si bien se observa una caída en su dinámica, la tasa permanece en niveles superiores a los observados antes de la pandemia y a los rangos meta de los bancos centrales, lo que permite pensar que las tasas de interés se mantendrán relativamente altas en lo que resta del año. La deuda pública se sitúa en niveles elevados, lo que, junto al aumento de las tasas de interés externas e internas y a una ca…
Em sua edição número 75, que corresponde a 2023, o Estudo Econômico da América Latina e do Caribe consta de três partes. A primeira parte resume o desempenho da economia regional em 2022 e analisa sua evolução nos primeiros meses de 2023, bem como as perspectivas de crescimento para esse ano e para 2024. Destacam-se os fatores externos e internos que incidiram no desempenho econômico da região e que condicionarão o crescimento econômico nos próximos anos.
A segunda parte do relatório analisa as consequências macroeconômicas da mudança climática nas economias da América Latina e do Caribe e os …
The United States economy expanded by 2.0% and 2.1% in the first and second quarters of 2023, respectively, driven mainly by consumer spending in the first half of the year. The second quarter marked the fourth consecutive quarter of growth near or above the economy’s potential. Labour market growth remained solid, with 1.9 million jobs added in the first eight months of 2023, but is moderating. Inflation is also gradually decelerating. Despite interest rate hikes in 2022 and in the first half of 2023, the United States economy —supported by a strong job market and retreating inflation— remain…
En América Latina y el Caribe existe una dualidad estructural que refleja una creciente brecha entre un segmento moderno de la sociedad que imita patrones de comportamiento de los países desarrollados, y otro que ha quedado atrás y en el que predominan la informalidad laboral, las carencias materiales básicas y una creciente inseguridad ciudadana. Por ello se hace necesario un nuevo pacto social para lograr el crecimiento y mejorar la distribución de los ingresos, indica un estudio publicado en el más reciente número de Revista CEPAL, principal publicación académica de la Comisión Económica pa…
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) released today its annual report entitled Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2023. Financing a sustainable transition: investment for growth and climate change action, in which it forecasts that the region’s economies will maintain low levels of growth this year and next year, affected by a negative global and very complex regional economic outlook.
According to the document – one of the institution’s main economic reports, which has been published since its beginnings in 1948 – average regional Gross Domestic …
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