Regional Economic Outlook: Western Hemisphere - Title, May 2010 -- Table of Contents

Western Hemisphere, May 4, 2010

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• Published: May 4, 2010
• Series: Western Hemisphere

Executive overview: Global and regional setting

• "A multispeed global recovery is under way, with some emerging markets in the lead and the major advanced economies growing more slowly."
• "This macroeconomic setting has brought a return to easy global financial conditions and high commodity prices—a situation likely to be sustained for some time but unlikely to be permanent."
• "Against that external backdrop, the recovery in the Latin America and Caribbean region overall is advancing faster than anticipated, but moving at different speeds across countries."
• Together with high commodity prices, easy external financial conditions "represent favorable 'tailwinds' for many countries of the region, but also carry risks for policymakers to address."

Chapter 1 — Global, U.S., and Canadian Outlook

• The Global Backdrop—"A Recovery with Uneven Speed"
• United States—"Recovery Is Still Policy Driven"
• Canada—"Recovery Is Getting Entrenched"
• "Implications for the Latin American and Caribbean Region"

Chapter 2 — Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean

• "Growth is Gaining Momentum"
• "Different Speed of Recovery—Different Policy Challenges"
• Groupings and country situations:
  • "Financially Integrated Commodity Exporters" — "Bouncing Back"; "Policy Challenges: Managing Good Times"; "Further Strengthening Policy Frameworks"
  • "Tourism Intensive Commodity Importers" — "Global Shocks Persisting"; "Policy Challenges: Ensuring Fiscal Sustainability amid Low Growth"
  • "Other Commodity Exporters" — "Riding the Commodity Cycle"; "Policy Challenges: Avoiding the Perils of Procyclicality"; "Going Back to Financial Markets?"
  • "Other Commodity Importers" — "Traveling the Middle Ground"; "Policy Challenges: Replenishing Buffers"
• "Concluding Remarks"

Chapter 3 — Challenges Arising from Easy External Financial Conditions

• Key concerns and causal chain:
  • "What Are the Concerns?"
  • "Booming Domestic Demand . . ."
  • "And Currency Appreciation . . ."
  • "May Lead to Vulnerabilities . . ."
  • "And Hinder Competitiveness and Possibly Growth"
• "Policy Matters"
  • "In the Past . . ."
  • "And in the Future, when an Array of Policy Options Need to Be on the Table"

Data and indicators included

• "Western Hemisphere: Main Economic Indicators" — English | Spanish
• "Latin America and the Caribbean: Main Fiscal Indicators"

Boxes and thematic deep dives (selected)

• 1.1 Recent Developments in Financial Regulation Reforms
• 1.2 Rebalancing Global Demand: What Will Take Up the Baton from the U.S. 5 Consumer?
• 1.3 U.S. Monetary Policy: How Low for How Long?
• 2.1 Potential Spillovers from GIPS to Latin America
• 2.2 LAC Country Analytical Groupings
• 2.3 Impact of the Earthquake on Haiti and the Role of the IMF
• 2.4 The Global Crisis and Social Outcomes
• 2.5 Capital Inflows––An Aspect of "Good Times"
• 2.6 The Impact of Employment Conditions on Tourism, and Tourism on Output
• 2.7 Fiscal Performance and Commodity Cycles: Not a Standard Amusement Ride
• 3.1 When Are Financial Conditions "Easy"?
• 3.2 Capital Inflows when External Financial Conditions Are Easy
• 3.3 Real Appreciation and Trend Growth: An Overview on Dutch Disease and Related Concerns

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