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Economy & Business - May 2011 (ISSN 1741-7430)
DEBT: Bottom fishing starts
Vulture funds, which aim to pick up risky investments and turn a
profit, are looking again at Latin America. Two obvious investments are
Argentine sovereign debt, which currently yields around 9%, and bonds from
Venezuela's state oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa), which currently
yield even more: 14.85%.
- Why Ecuador matters
- MEXICO: Is the economy starting to feel the effects of the violence?
- BRAZIL: Unemployment falls, fiscal surplus rises
- CHILE: Where's the feel good factor?
- PARAGUAY:Still humming along
- URUGUAY: Growth upgraded
- ARGENTINA: Still on course
- PERU: Decent growth continues
- BOLIVIA: Getting back on track
- ECUADOR: Imports rise
- COLOMBIA: Looking solid
- VENEZUELA: Growing again
- EL SALVADOR: Inflation becomes a problem
- PANAMA: Inflation an issue
- GUATEMALA: Growing, but how much?
- HONDURAS: Inflation looms
- NICARAGUA: Banks become a bit bolder
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: A challenge to the IMF
- COSTA RICA: President worries about fiscal deficit
- CUBA: Tax overhaul announced
- BEEF: Prospects open up for Paraguay
- GENETIC MODIFICATION: Peru flips again
- AGRIBUSIBESS: Another bumper crop in Brazil
- The lure of the Trans-isthmus
- PRIVATISATION/RENATIONALISATION: Panama renationalises
- DEBT: Bottom fishing starts