High oil prices could test the region’s recent fiscal advances, as government officials look to help consumers and businesses with energy subsidies
Category: Regulation
Posted inDaily Brief
Mivivienda lines up international bond sale
Peruvian state-run mortgage lender hires banks to initiate investor calls
Posted inThe LatAm View
Iran war oil surge risks upending LatAm investment boom
Energy price shocks and fears of stagflation rattle one of emerging markets’ strongest investment stories
Posted inThe LatAm View
Mercosur wants to sign two more FTAs this year
Leaders of the South American bloc hope the recent EU trade deal will provide the political will for other pacts
Posted inEconomy & Policy, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), International Financial Institutions, Peru, Politics, The LatAm View
Security funding rises as crime becomes top concern
Rising crime is fueling the homicide rate in Latin America and dragging on investment, IDB Group says
Posted inDaily Brief
Ueno Bank makes global bond debut
Paraguayan digital lender prices international notes for the first time, after suspending its maiden deal early last year
Posted inDaily Brief
Argentina wins US backing in YPF case
US says it would be “improper” for the Argentine firm to make a $16-bln payment to the plaintiffs in an ongoing expropriation case
Posted inDaily Brief
Entre Ríos prices global notes
Argentine province ends a nine-year absence from the bond market
Posted inDaily Brief
Peru’s president rethinks PM pick
The country’s new acting president chooses his predecessor’s finance minister rather than Hernando de Soto to become prime minister
Posted inDaily Brief
Paraguay prices biggest guaraní deal in 12 years
Cross-border offering allows the government to cover its budget deficit with local currency bonds for the first time