Goals are to prevent inflation-driving printing of money and encourage more investment in bonds and stocks
Category: Economy & Policy
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Fiscal targets would help reassure Brazil investors: Moody’s
Moody’s sovereign risk SVP William Foster says a debt-to-GDP anchor would help restore the Brazilian government’s credibility
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Ecuador gets budgetary support
World Bank lends the government $750 mln to shore up its economic reform efforts
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Bolivia strikes deal with IMF
The proposed $1.9 bln loan program is expected to unleash additional financing from multilateral lenders
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Brazil seeks flexibility to sell more sovereign bonds
Treasury has asked the Senate to increase the annual amount of sovereign cross-border bonds to $35 bln
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Peru’s new president names finance minister
Fujimori puts Elmer Cuba, a former central bank director, in charge of rebuilding investor confidence in the economy
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Argentina puts hydropower complex up for grabs
Los Nihuiles privatization is part of fundraising plan to cover debt payments through 2027
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Stagnant Colombian bond market awaits De La Espriella delivery
Local market has languished due to high financing costs, political uncertainty and crowding out by a debt-hungry government
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Brazil FinMin rules out capital controls, vows greater fiscal discipline
Finance Minister Dario Durigan’s fiscal pledge is met with skepticism by investors at an XP conference in São Paulo
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Milei wants more Argentines to invest undeclared dollars
Government steps up efforts to persuade more people to invest in bonds and stocks, eyeing the $170 bln they have “under the mattress”