22 Mar 2019, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 10:05
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El proceso de consolidación fiscal en América Latina y el Caribe continuó durante 2018. La mejora de la posición fiscal en América Latina fue resultado de un recorte del gasto primario, principalmente a través de los gastos de capital. A pesar de este ajuste, la deuda pública bruta está en alza y presenta aumentos en varios países. En cambio, los países del Caribe siguen generando superávits primarios sustanciales, que en 2018 fueron impulsados por un incremento de los ingresos públicos. Como resultado de estos esfuerzos, el nivel de su deuda pública bruta ha bajado, aunque se mantiene elevado…
27 Feb 2019, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 10:05
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En el presente documento se hace un balance preliminar de las economías de Centroamérica (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua y Panamá) y la República Dominicana en 2018 y se ofrecen perspectivas para 2019. Es un análisis de coyuntura elaborado por la Unidad de Desarrollo Económico de la sede subregional de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en México, con información disponible al 31 de enero de 2019.
Los datos presentados en las secciones de contexto internacional y rasgos generales de este documento se basan en el informe de la CEPAL Balance Pr…
20 Feb 2019, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 10:00
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The Economic Survey of the Caribbean 2018 analyses the performance of the Caribbean subregion to the global economy. It provides a comparative analysis of global economic growth, commodity price performance, Caribbean growth performance, and unemployment. This is then followed by a subsection on fiscal policy and public debt. Subsequent subsections elaborate on monetary policy, and the external sector. Section II presents country briefs for the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago, together with the member states of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union …
20 Feb 2019, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 10:00
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The report provides an overview of the economic performance for 2017 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 2018. Data were collected from a review of reports from subregional institutions as well as national governments and interviews with government officials in each of the countries examined.…
15 Feb 2019, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 10:05
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In 2018, bond issuance from Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) slowed, bond spreads widened and credit quality deteriorated. The region saw the best and the worst conditions for tapping international capital markets in 2018. In January 2018, issuers from the region placed their highest ever monthly volume of debt in international markets. On the other hand, December 2018, with no issuance recorded, was the worst December on record for LAC issuers. Bond activity in 2018 was affected by a heavy electoral calendar at the domestic level, and by U.S. interest rate hikes, withdrawal of dollar li…
29 Ene 2019, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 10:00
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The Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean, one of ECLAC’s most important annual reports, analyzes in its 2018 edition the economic performance of the region throughout the year, the international context and macroeconomic policies implemented by countries, while also providing an outlook for 2019.
The Latin American and Caribbean countries are facing a complex global economic scenario over the next few years, with slower growth expected in both the developed countries and the emerging economies, along with increased volatility in international financial marke…
29 Ene 2019, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 10:05
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El Balance Preliminar de las Economías de América Latina y el Caribe, uno de los informes anuales más importantes de la CEPAL, analiza en su edición 2018 el desempeño económico de la región durante el año, el contexto internacional, las políticas macroeconómicas que los países han implementado y entrega perspectivas para 2019.
Los países de América Latina y el Caribe enfrentan un escenario económico mundial complejo en los próximos años, en el cual se espera una reducción de la dinámica del crecimiento, tanto de los países desarrollados como de las economías emergentes, acompañada por un aumen…
28 Ene 2019, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 10:05
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El análisis de la situación macroeconómica de los países requiere contar, sobre todo en momentos de alta volatilidad financiera, con información oportuna del comportamiento de los flujos financieros. Sin embargo, las estadísticas de flujos de capitales de balanza de pagos se publican con un retraso de tres meses en la mayoría de los países de la región. Este documento construye, mediante dos metodologías distintas, variables sustitutivas (proxy) de los flujos de capitales para 14 países de América Latina, para las que se comprueba que guardan una estrecha correlación con las series de flujos d…
10 Ene 2019, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 10:05
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United States Trade Developments 2018, provides an overview of the most relevant developments in United States trade relations with Latin America and the Caribbean and of the measures that inhibit the free flow of goods among countries in the Western Hemisphere. This is an annual report elaborated by the ECLAC Washington Office.…
Os países da América Latina e do Caribe enfrentam um cenário econômico mundial complexo nos próximos anos, no qual se espera uma redução da dinâmica do crescimento, tanto dos países desenvolvidos como das economias emergentes, acompanhada por um aumento na volatilidade dos mercados financeiros internacionais. A isto soma-se o enfraquecimento estrutural do comércio internacional, agravado pelas tensões comerciais entre os Estados Unidos e a China.
As projeções de crescimento mundial foram reduzidas levemente, tanto para 2018 como para 2019, e prevalecem os riscos de baixa nesses prognósticos. E…
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-In the third quarter of 2018, the U.S. economy grew at an annualized rate of 3.5% after rising 4.2% in the second quarter. Growth remained strong, but its composition deteriorated, as inventories accounted for almost two-thirds of the growth. Growth was led by consumer spending, which contributed 2.45% to growth, down from 2.6% in the second quarter, and inventories, which contributed 2.3%.
-U.S. employers added 2,268,000 jobs from January to November 2018, more jobs than in 2017.
Unemployment rate held steady at 3.7% at the end of November, the lowest level since 1969, while year…
Due to historically low internal saving rates, access to external financing is very important to Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), even more so in the context of the 2030 Agenda and the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Public financing falls short of what is needed for this task and must be complemented with private flows, which in fact make up the bulk of the region’s external financing. The credit quality of the sovereigns in the region has an important role in determining how costly the access to private external financing can be.
This report examines the his…
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present on Thursday, December 20 its Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2018, in which it will update its growth estimates for the region’s countries in the present year and projections for 2019.
The report will be presented by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, in a press conference at the Commission’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile, at 11:00 a.m. local time (UTC/GMT -3:00). The event will also be broadcast live on the Internet via the institution’s Web site.
The 2018 edit…