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Are Central Banks Nationalising the Economy? Daniel Lacalle, PhD, author of Escape from the Central Bank Trap, is back with a new guest post on the FocusEconomics... -
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What’s the future of U.S.-Latin America trade relations? What a renegotiation of NAFTA could mean for Mexico, and for the economies of Latin America as a whole, has been... -
Taxes or cutbacks? Latin America’s challenge of sustaining spending without causing debt to skyrocket This year’s economic outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean is optimistic. However, in 2015 and 2016, the region experienced... -
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How will emerging market economies perform in 2017? On 4 July, a Goldman Sachs executive appeared on CNBC to discuss investing in emerging markets. According to her, emerging markets may be a... -
How will Latin America’s upcoming lengthy election cycle affect the reform agenda and credit ratings? Latin America will soon enter into an electoral cycle that will last about a year and a half and, depending on...