Recently added articles from Market Latin America:
Mexico's economy caught in the global slowdown.
Nov 01, 2007 ... In its September 27, 2007 edition, The Economist (London) observed that when the economy of the United States (US) slowed in 2001, Mexico's economy went down and stayed down for the two succeeding years. And then the magazine asked a rather pointed question: "As fears of an American ...
The Latin American Mortgage Market.
Nov 01, 2007 ... Because of the close ties between the United States (US) and the Latin American region, the question naturally arises, `How will the difficulties with the sub-prime US mortgage market and associated liquidity problems affect Latin America?' On October 9, 2007 the market research ...
A perspective on Argentina's recovery.
Nov 01, 2007 ... Since its record breaking default in 2001, and the ensuing economic collapse, Argentina's economy has grown 50 percent. "In the process, more than 11 million people, in a country of 39 million, have been pulled back onto the positive side of the poverty line," says an October 2007 analysis ...
Costa Rica's growth slows.(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2007 ... In an undated report posted on the website of Central America Today, a project of the University of San Pedro Sula (Honduras), the average growth rate of Costa Rica's Index of Economic Activity was registered at 6.7 percent. This was 1.9 percent lower than the annual growth rate of 8.6 ...
Venezuela's free press.(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Although Market: Latin America takes great pains to present objective analyses of the status of the world's various market economies, we are occasionally caught, as they say, flat footed. Such was the case with a story we ran in our August 2007 edition (15:8) where the "slant" of the story ...
Brazil prices and inflation studied.
Nov 01, 2007 ... Brazil has had a difficult time managing inflation. The annual increase in the rate of inflation fell below four digits only in 1995. Low double digits were achieved in 1996. As recently as 2003, the annual inflation increase again spiked to double digits at 14.8 percent. The average ...
Consumer spending rises in Peru.
Nov 01, 2007 ... Peru's consumers are in an increasingly favorable position. The country's economy is doing well--has been doing well for some time--and the free market policies of Peru's new president appear to be having a positive effect. Here's what the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP) had ...
Chile's inflation increases sharply.
Nov 01, 2007 ... Aside from the fact that Chile's economy is regarded as one of the most open in the Latin America region, Chile's consumers benefit from the stability of the country's banking system. A September 7, 2007 study by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said the following about Chile's banks ....
