By Christopher Hernandez & Amanda Perez Stagflation is a worldwide epidemic which has hit particularly hard Latin America and the Caribbean (“LAC”). Prospects for any substantial improvement over the next two years are dim. The Global Economic Prospects report of June 2022 highlights the precarious economic...
By Amanda N Perez As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve, regions rebounding from older variants continue to lose traction in their progressions as new variants emerge, as exemplified in the case of Latin America. Following the region’s economic rebound from the start of the pandemic...
By Henry Martell and Chris Hernandez One unforeseen impact of COVID-19 is the disruption to the worlds’ supply chain and the dependence on the off-shoring of manufacturing and services from China. This dependence exposes many of the shortcomings of global supply chains that spread across the...
By Victorino Bernal and Amanda Perez The specter of inflation in Latin America may send shudders through experienced investors, as memories of ultra-high inflation in the region come to mind. Fortunately, this is not the Latin America of the late 20th Century. This time Central Banks...
Latin America has been one of the hardest-hit regions by COVID-19, with five countries (Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru) each surpassing or expected to surpass 1 million cases. As of September, Latin America accounted for 28% of worldwide infections and 34% of deaths, while...
Regional Overview: Latin America has emerged as one of the most uniquely challenged regions in the face of the emergence of COVID-19. As countries across the region prepare to reopen, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the virus has not even reached the peak...
Latin America 2020 Outlook After a tumultuous end to 2019, Latin America faces a variety of obstacles as the region attempts to return to the prosperity experienced during the commodities boom. Analysts expect improved growth numbers compared to last year, though the region will have to...
In late 2015, Mauricio Macri was elected president of Argentina promising to distance the country from the interventionist economic policy of his left-leaning predecessor, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. However, with only five months left in Macri’s first term, Argentina is deep into yet another recession...