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Economy & Business - January 2008 (ISSN 1741-7430)
OIL: What oil at US$80-US$100 a barrel means for the region
The price of oil briefly touched US$100 a barrel in New York in early
January. Then the worries about the state of the US economy kicked in, pushing
the price back down to below US$90 a barrel. The region's oil producers could
cope with a further 30% drop in the oil price before their budgets for 2008
became unhinged.
- Why Latin America will weather the US financial crisis
- MEXICO: Waiting on the US
- BRAZIL: Strong and getting stronger
- ARGENTINA: Government tries to buck the global trend
- CHILE: Central bank raises rates
- PARAGUAY: Trade deficit hits US$3.12bn
- URUGUAY: Central bank relaxes over inflation
- BOLIVIA: Inflation rears up
- COLOMBIA: Inflation falling, but still high
- ECUADOR: Nebot tries to rally opposition against President Correa
- PERU: Raising rates
- VENEZUELA: Chávez starts to worry about the economy
- COSTA RICA: Fiscal surplus registered
- CUBA: Managers blamed for poor productivity
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Expecting a rise in foreign investment
- PANAMA: US reiterates willingness over free trade agreement
- EL SALVADOR: Nicaragua bars bean exports
- GUATEMALA: Exports rise by 11%
- HONDURAS: Trade deficit up by a third
- NICARAGUA: Ortega increases minimum wages by 15%
- AGRIBUSINESS: Coffee - Colombia has its best year for a decade
- AGRIBUSINESS: Colombia's agricultural sector changing radically
- METALS: Copper - Codelco postpones sale of 49% stake in Gabriela Mistral
- OIL: What oil at US$80-US$100 a barrel means for the region
- REMITTANCES: Looking strong
- DEBT: Bolivia's debt falls