Latin American Economy & Business - November 2014 (ISSN 1741-7430)

New data from the United Nations’ Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) shows that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the region has basically stagnated this year. The same is true of trade between the region and the rest of the world – mainly because of lower commodity prices. Equally noteworthy is the fact that intra-regional trade has contracted by 5%-6%.