“Macroeconomic numbers are lining up in the right direction,” FinMin Shaw says at LatinFinance’s Caribbean Investment forum
Category: Economy & Policy
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Banxico hikes rates to combat slumping peso
Mexico’s central bank lifts key interest rate by 50bp to 5.25%, the highest it has been since 2009
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Mexico faces economic headwinds
Moody’s drops the country’s GDP growth estimates to 1.9% in 2017 and 2.3% in 2018
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Brazil focuses on gradual easing of interest rates
The South American country could also sell more foreign exchange swap contracts to “comfort” the market, head of central bank says
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Possible US rate hike will hit Mexico, Central America
Mexico’s reliance on US foreign direct investment leaves it open to slower economic growth if the Fed hikes interest rates
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Peru speeds up infra investments
Finance Minister Alfredo Thorne says the government plans to unveil a new slate of PPPs and public works projects next week
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Trump concerns keeps pressure on Mexican, Brazilian currencies
LatAm currencies battered as investors raise concerns over a potential Fed rate hike
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Parting Shot: Pushing forward
Despite losing the referendum on its peace agreement, Colombia’s government maintains the political capital to undertake necessary reforms, argues Mauricio Cárdenas
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Trump worries keep the pressure on Mexico’s peso, Brazil’s real
The two currencies weaken over uncertainties surrounding the US president-elect’s economic plan and investor beliefs that increased spending under Trump will lead to aggressive rate hikes by the Fed
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Mexico looks to shore up peso
Banxico says it will hold a monetary policy meeting next week as analysts expect an imminent rate hike