Latin American Economy & Business
Latin American Economy & Business - February 2019
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- Which way for El Salvador’s economic policy?
Special Focus
- Region: Economic growth and family remittances to Central America in 2018
Regional Economy Review
- Cuba: Concerns mount on several fronts
- Ecuador: IMF confirms progress towards loan deal
- Brazil: Central bank holds interest rates again
- Brazil: Great Expectations
- Haiti: Government declares economic state of emergency
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
Regional Business Review
- Brazil: Few signs of change after latest mining disaster
- Region: How fast will EV take-up happen?
- Venezuela: Oil output plunges: what chances (eventual) recovery?
Nayib Bukele won the El Salvador elections on 3 February with a near-landslide (53.1% of the vote, more than his two main rivals combined).
Latin American Economy & Business - January 2019
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- Poverty contained?
Regional Economy Review
- Region: Brazil and Mexico to set the tone
- Mexico: The economics of oil theft
- Venezuela: Economic emergency measures – not much changes
- Argentina: Tackling the deficit-inflation dilemma
- Brazil: Brazil’s stock market booms, but will it last?
- Brazil: Bolsonaro tries to woo investors in Davos
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
- Brazil: Pension reform ideas start to circulate
- Guyana: Upcoming early election raises questions over future economic policy stance
- Ecuador: Oil production struggles
- Jamaica: Government targets development of stock market
Regional Business Review
- Bolivia: Navigating a “sea of gas”
- Region: Despite obstacles, e-commerce set to grow
- Chile: Copper set for modest improvement
- Brazil: Ex-admiral appointed chairman of state oil giant Petrobras
The end of the commodities boom in 2012-2013 triggered five years of slower growth in Latin America and prompted fears that poverty would once more increase.