• The incoming U.S. administration will be inheriting a healthy economy. The job market is posting solid gains, home sales and house prices have largely recovered from the bust, and the stock market continues to hit new highs. The current expansion has passed seven years, making it the third longest ever.
• The U.S. economy has added private sector jobs for 80 months and in November added another 178,000 jobs, with the unemployment rate falling to 4.6%, its lowest level since 2007. Since its post-crisis nadir in early 2010 the economy has created 15.6 million jobs.
• Wage growth is running ahe…
En las últimas décadas, los gobiernos subnacionales de América Latina han asumido crecientes responsabilidades y funciones que han tensionado el estado de sus finanzas públicas, evidenciando asimétricas y dispares capacidades fiscales y requiriendo, en la mayoría de los casos, un aumento en su financiamiento, ya sea a través de recursos propios, transferencias o endeudamiento.
El análisis de esta última opción, asi como de sus mecanismos de coordinación, resultan tópicos centrales en lo que se refiere a relaciones fiscales intergubernamentales. La justificación habitual del endeudamiento se re…
El objetivo de este documento es analizar la situación actual de la inclusión financiera de las pymes en el Ecuador. Para ello se realiza una evaluación del estado de acceso, uso y calidad de los servicios y productos financieros por parte de las pymes. Así también se identifican, describen y analizan los instrumentos financieros y procesos de los Bancos de Desarrollo Nacionales, así como su grado de complementariedad con la banca privada y la banca regional de desarrollo.…
The U.S. second-quarter GDP growth was revised up to a 1.4% inflation-adjusted annual rate in the third and final estimate released by the Department of Commerce on September 29, following the first quarter’s 0.8% pace. Despite the upward revision, the growth rate for the first half of the year is just above 1%.…
Market sentiment and portfolio flows to Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) ended the first quarter of 2016 on a more optimistic note than it started, with new bond issuance reaching almost 14 billion dollars in March, the highest monthly issuance since June 2014, according to the report Capital Flows to Latin America and the Caribbean: Q1 2016, released by the Washington Office of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
According to this study, there was a large rally in LAC assets in March, but its intensity was also a function of the very challenging start of …
La mejora de la confianza del mercado y de los flujos de capitales hacia América Latina y el Caribe a lo largo de los primeros tres meses del año contribuyó para que el primer trimestre de 2016 terminara con una nota más optimista de lo que comenzó, con las nuevas emisiones de bonos alcanzando casi 14.000 millones de dólares en marzo, la mayor emisión mensual desde junio de 2014, según el reporte Flujos de Capital hacia América Latina y el Caribe: Primer Trimestre 2016, difundido por la Oficina en Washington de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).
De acuerdo con este …
A melhora da confiança do mercado e dos fluxos de capitais para a América Latina e o Caribe ao longo dos primeiros três meses do ano contribuiu para que o primeiro trimestre de 2016 terminasse com uma nota mais otimista do que começou, com as novas emissões de títulos alcançando quase 14 bilhões de dólares em março, a maior emissão mensal desde junho de 2014, segundo o relatório Fluxos de Capital para a América Latina e o Caribe: Primeiro Trimestre de 2016, divulgado pelo Escritório da Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) em Washington.
De acordo com esse estudo, houve u…
U.S. economic growth disappointed in the first quarter of 2016, as global conditions continued to have an adverse impact. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s third estimate, the GDP grew at a 1.1% annualized pace in the first quarter, up from a previous estimate of 0.8%, and down from 1.4% in the fourth quarter of 2015. Growth was under 1.5% for the last two quarters, the worst six-month performance in nearly three years.…
Senior policy makers from the ministries of finance, education, health and agriculture in three Caribbean states recently received a comprehensive introduction to the ECLAC Development Account project, “Strengthening the technical capacity of public finance managers in select Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS)”, from which their countries will benefit.
The project focuses on increasing the capacity of policy makers and finance managers to apply the methods and procedures for better monitoring and forecasting of public expenditure and revenue, and is expected to have a positi…
The survey provides an overview of the economic performance for 2014 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 2015. Data were collected from a review of reports from national governments and through interviews with government officials in each of the countries analyzed.…
Authorities, experts and scholars from numerous Ibero-American countries met on September 1-2 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, to discuss the challenges of public provision of goods and services and its financing at different levels of government in the region, and its impact on economic development, equality, and social and territorial cohesion.
During the IV Ibero-American Conference on Local Finance 14 research papers were presented—out of more than 50 submitted initially—regarding issues of fiscal and financial t…
Autoridades, expertos y académicos de varios países de Iberoamérica se reunieron el 1 y 2 de septiembre en la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago, Chile, para discutir sobre los desafíos de la provisión pública de bienes y servicios, su financiamiento en los distintos niveles de gobierno de la región y su impacto sobre el desarrollo económico, la igualdad y la cohesión social y territorial.
Durante las IV Jornadas Iberoamericanas de Financiación Local se presentaron 14 trabajos de investigación – seleccionados entre más de 50 enviados inicialmente-…
Autoridades, peritos e acadêmicos de vários países da Ibero-América se reuniram em 1º e 2 de setembro na sede da Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) em Santiago, Chile, para discutir os desafios da provisão pública e seu financiamento nos diversos níveis de governo da região e seu impacto sobre o desenvolvimento econômico, a igualdade e a coesão social e territorial.
Durante as IV Jornadas Ibero-Americanas de Financiamento Local foram apresentados 14 trabalhos de pesquisa (selecionados entre mais de 50 enviados inicialmente) relativos a temas das relações fiscais e fina…
La necesidad de eliminar progresivamente las barreras que dificultan la participación de las mujeres en los sistemas financieros para promover un desarrollo con igualdad plantearon autoridades y especialistas durante un seminario de alto nivel organizado hoy en Santiago por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) y la Superintendencia de Bancos e Instituciones Financieras de Chile (SBIF).
El evento, inaugurado por la Presidenta de Chile, Michelle Bachelet, y el Director de la División de Planificación de Programas y Operaciones de la CEPAL, Raúl García-Buchaca, en represe…
This paper addresses some unintended consequences of global financial regulation and international tax evasion prevention and their impact on small economies. It explores how failure to recognize countries’ differing access to finance and varying costs of funding as well as the high costs of complying with financial regulations may overlook some unintended consequences, especially on smaller island countries
Then, it discusses the global financial architecture and governance of standard setting bodies and the actions taken to improve representation and legitimacy and remediate some of the unin…
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