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Latin American Economy & Business - August 2013 (ISSN 1741-7430)

CAF-Latin American Development Bank: Slipping profitability, rising funding costs?

The financial information published by the regional development bank CAF-Latin American Development Bank in relation to its operations through the first six months of 2013 points to both strengths and limitations. Profitability, by most measures, has slipped substantially relative to H112. This has happened even as CAF's loan portfolio has grown and as inter-bank rates in global markets, on which the development bank's lending rates are based, have increased. Low profitability will likely be a problem at a time that government bond yields are rising in developed countries.

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