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• Argentina Looks Forward
  • Published: July 31, 2026
  • Authors: Kristalina Georgieva
  • Summary: After restoring stability, Argentina needs to turn hard-won gains into lasting prosperity
• Anchored Inflation Expectations Help Latin America Weather the Oil Shock
  • Published: May 26, 2026
  • Authors: Philip Barrett, Gonzalo Huertas
  • Summary: The region’s central banks have built significant credibility over two decades, anchoring price expectations and bolstering resilience against external shocks
• The Middle East War Will Have an Uneven Impact on the Western Hemisphere
  • Published: April 17, 2026
  • Authors: Nigel Chalk
  • Summary: Impact on economic activity will vary across countries, but inflation will rise for all
• How Artificial Intelligence Can Boost Productivity in Latin America
  • Published: March 20, 2025
  • Authors: Bas B. Bakker, Sophia Chen, Dmitry Vasilyev
  • Summary: Some countries risk missing out on the full economic benefits of AI, but more formal jobs and expanded digital access can help
• Why Latin America Needs Lower Deficits and Stronger Fiscal Rules
  • Published: December 18, 2024
  • Authors: Juan Passadore, Juan Pedro Treviño, Rodrigo Valdés
  • Summary: The increase in debt in the last decade points to the need for lowering deficits, rebuilding space to deal with shocks, and strengthening fiscal rules
• Breaking Latin America’s Cycle of Low Growth and Violence
  • Published: December 5, 2024
  • Authors: Ilan Goldfajn, Rodrigo Valdés
  • Summary: Crime directly costs the region more than 3 percent of GDP and lowers growth. Economic instability, in turn, drives higher rates of crime. Actions can be taken to break this vicious cycle.
• Latin America's Shifting Demographics Could Undercut Growth
  • Published: April 23, 2024
  • Authors: Gustavo Adler, Rodrigo Valdés
  • Summary: As the region’s population ages, boosting labor force participation and productivity will be key to aid economic growth and raise living standards.
• Latin America Can Boost Economic Growth by Reducing Crime
  • Published: December 18, 2023
  • Authors: Rafael Machado Parente, Rodrigo Valdés
  • Summary: Reducing crime could significantly boost investment, productivity, and GDP growth in Latin America and the Caribbean
• How Latin America Can Use Trade to Boost Growth
  • Published: November 16, 2023
  • Authors: Flavien Moreau, Rafael Machado Parente
  • Summary: Better infrastructure and logistics can help the region increase trade and growth
• Investments That Pay Off: Latin America’s Response to Recent Global Shocks
  • Published: September 6, 2023
  • Authors: Rodrigo Valdés
  • Summary: The region, which successfully navigated economic turmoil, now must boost inclusive growth, reduce debt, and capitalize on new opportunities
• Caribbean Climate Crisis Demands Urgent Action by Governments and Investors
  • Published: June 27, 2023
  • Authors: Alejandro Guerson, James Morsink, Sònia Muñoz
  • Summary: The region has received minimal private climate financing despite being highly vulnerable to climate disasters and having the greatest need
• In Latin America, Fiscal Policy Can Lighten the Burden of Central Banks
  • Published: April 13, 2023
  • Authors: Gustavo Adler, Nigel Chalk
  • Summary: Taming inflation requires slowing down demand. While monetary policy has played its part, lowering fiscal deficits would also help lessen the cost-of-living crisis.
• Latin America Faces Slowing Growth and High Inflation Amid Social Tensions
  • Published: February 1, 2023
  • Authors: Gustavo Adler, Nigel Chalk, Anna Ivanova
  • Summary: Restoring macro stability and boosting growth will require carefully-crafted policies that will help mitigate discontent
• United States Is World's Top Destination for Foreign Direct Investment
  • Published: December 7, 2022
  • Authors: Jannick Damgaard, Carlos Sánchez-Muñoz
  • Summary: The move comes amid a decline in offshore financial centers’ share of global FDI
• Latin America Faces a Third Shock as Global Financial Conditions Tighten
  • Published: October 13, 2022
  • Authors: Santiago Acosta-Ormaechea, Gustavo Adler, Ilan Goldfajn, Anna Ivanova
  • Summary: Growth momentum continues but scarcer and costlier financing will slow the region’s economies, while inflation remains high. Policy priorities are to restore price stability and maintain fiscal sustainability while protecting vulnerable groups
• Dominant Employers May Add to Unemployment in Rural US as Fed Raises Rates
  • Published: September 19, 2022
  • Authors: Anastasia Burya, Rui C. Mano, Yannick Timmer, Anke Weber
  • Summary: Employers with labor market power are more likely to fire workers as rates rise because they can more easily hire back when the Fed cuts rates again.
• Shifting Global Winds Pose Challenges to Latin America
  • Published: July 27, 2022
  • Authors: Gustavo Adler, Ilan Goldfajn, Anna Ivanova
  • Summary: The region continued its strong recovery in early 2022, but decelerating economic activity and persistent inflation will test its resilience.
• The Caribbean and the IMF: Building on a Strong Partnership
  • Published: June 14, 2022
  • Summary: By Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
• Latin America Faces Unusually High Risks
  • Published: April 26, 2022
  • Authors: Santiago Acosta-Ormaechea, Ilan Goldfajn, Jorge Roldós
• Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean Challenges and Opportunities
  • Published: October 28, 2021
  • Authors: Anna Ivanova, Julie Kozack, Jorge Roldós, Sònia Muñoz
  • Summary: Adapting to new climate conditions while intensifying mitigation efforts will require major structural transformations in the region.
• Short-term Shot and Long-term Healing for Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Published: April 15, 2021
  • Authors: Alejandro Werner, Takuji Komatsuzaki, Carlo Pizzinelli
• Latin America and Caribbean’s Winding Road to Recovery
  • Published: February 8, 2021
  • Authors: Alejandro Werner, Anna Ivanova, Takuji Komatsuzaki
• Pandemic Persistence Clouds Latin America and Caribbean Recovery
  • Published: October 22, 2020
  • Authors: Samuel Pienknagura, Alejandro Werner, Jorge Roldós
  • Summary: COVID-19 has hit Latin America and the Caribbean harder than other parts of the world, both in human and economic terms.
• Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean: An Intensifying Pandemic
  • Published: June 26, 2020
  • Authors: Alejandro Werner
• COVID-19 Pandemic and the Caribbean: Navigating Uncharted Waters
  • Published: April 29, 2020
  • Authors: Krishna Srinivasan, Sònia Muñoz, Varapat Chensavasdijai
• Economic Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean in the Time of COVID-19
  • Published: April 16, 2020
  • Authors: Alejandro Werner
• COVID-19 Pandemic and Latin America and the Caribbean: Time for Strong Policy Actions
  • Published: March 19, 2020
  • Authors: Alejandro Werner
• Construction Activity Can Signal When Credit Booms Go Wrong
  • Published: February 12, 2020
  • Authors: Deniz Igan
• Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean A Stalling Recovery
  • Published: July 29, 2019
  • Authors: Alejandro Werner
• Fintech Can Cut Costs of Remittances to Latin America
  • Published: May 7, 2019
  • Authors: The Editors
• The Challenge of Moderate Commodity Prices in Latin America
  • Published: March 25, 2019
  • Authors: Christian Bogmans
• Trade’s Impact on Brazil’s Industries
  • Published: March 18, 2019
  • Authors: Antonio Spilimbergo
• Chart of the Week: Mexico’s Spike in Crime Hurts the Economy
  • Published: December 18, 2018
  • Authors: Christian Saborowski
• Is Latin America Prepared for an Aging Population?
  • Published: December 11, 2018
• Chart of the Week: Words Count for Central Bank Communications in Latin America
  • Published: October 15, 2018
  • Authors: Juan Yepez
• How the Tortilla Industry Can Help Explain Mexico’s Productivity Problem
  • Published: August 22, 2018
  • Authors: Florian Misch, Christian Saborowski
• How Flexible Exchange Rates Helped Latin America Adjust to Commodity Price Shocks
  • Published: May 25, 2017
  • Authors: Yan Carrière-Swallow, Nicolás Magud, Juan Yépez
• In Transition: The Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Published: July 20, 2016
  • Authors: Alejandro Werner
• From Windfall to Windmill: Harnessing Asia’s Dynamism for Latin America
  • Published: July 22, 2015
  • Authors: Andre Meier, Fabiano Rodrigues Bastos
• Canada’s Financial Sector: How to Enhance its Resilience
  • Published: March 9, 2015
  • Authors: Hamid Faruqee, Andrea Pescatori
• Taper Tantrum or Tedium: How U.S. Interest Rates Affect Financial Markets in Emerging Economies
  • Published: May 22, 2014
  • Authors: Alexander Klemm, Andre Meier, Sebastián Sosa
• Hi-Fis and Low Gears: Manufacturing’s Bounce in the U.S.
  • Published: September 9, 2013
  • Authors: Tim Mahedy
• On A Roll: Sustaining Strong Growth in Latin America
  • Published: May 29, 2013
  • Authors: Sebastián Sosa, Evridiki Tsounta, Hye Sun Kim
• Saving Latin America's Unprecedented Income Windfall
  • Published: May 20, 2013
  • Authors: Gustavo Adler, Nicolás Magud
• Latin America and the Caribbean: Dealing with Another Food Price Shock
  • Published: October 25, 2012
  • Authors: Luis Cubeddu,, Sebastián Sosa
• Latin America: Riding the Global Financial Waves
  • Published: June 17, 2012
  • Authors: Gustavo Adler, Camilo E. Tovar
• Regional Spillovers in South America: How “Systemic” is Brazil?
  • Published: May 29, 2012
  • Authors: Gustavo Adler, Sebastián Sosa
• Latin America: Vulnerabilities Under Construction?
  • Published: May 10, 2012
  • Authors: Luis Cubeddu,, Camilo E. Tovar, Evridiki Tsounta
• Spring Is in the Air in Parts of Latin America
  • Published: April 25, 2012
  • Authors: Nicolás Eyzaguirre
• Latin America: What’s Ahead in 2012?
  • Published: January 4, 2012
  • Authors: Nicolás Eyzaguirre
• Latin America—Taking the Helm
  • Published: November 25, 2011
  • Authors: Christine Lagarde
• U.S. Housing and Labor Pains—Central America and the Caribbean Feeling the Pinch Too
  • Published: November 11, 2011
  • Authors: Evridiki Tsounta
• Latin America’s Commodity Dependence: What if the Boom Turns to Bust?
  • Published: November 1, 2011
  • Authors: Gustavo Adler, Sebastián Sosa
• Does Foreign Exchange Intervention Slow the Pace of Currency Appreciation?
  • Published: May 4, 2011
  • Authors: Gustavo Adler, Camilo E. Tovar
• Quo Vadis México?
  • Published: December 13, 2010
  • Authors: Nicolás Eyzaguirre
• Does Cheap Foreign Money Bring Risks for Latin America?
  • Published: May 4, 2010
  • Authors: Nicolás Eyzaguirre
• Why We Need a “Marshall Plan” for Haiti
  • Published: January 22, 2010
  • Authors: Dominique Strauss-Kahn
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